Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1315 - ILLINOIS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT
Section 1315.164 - Supervision of an Aide in Occupational Therapy
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) An aide in occupational therapy may also be called an occupational therapy technician (tech) or occupational therapy paraprofessional. This is a person who is not licensed by the Board and provides supportive services to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants that may include client-related and non-client related duties and that do not require the knowledge, skills or judgment of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. An aide in occupational therapy works under the direct on-site supervision of an occupational therapist and/or occupational therapy assistant who is ultimately responsible for the use of aides in occupational therapy.
b) An occupational therapist and/or occupational therapy assistant may delegate to an aide in occupational therapy only specific tasks, which are neither evaluative, selective nor recommending in nature, only after insuring that the aide has been appropriately trained for the performance of the task.
c) Any duties assigned to an aide in occupational therapy must be determined and appropriately supervised by an occupational therapist and/or occupational therapy assistant and must not exceed the level of training, knowledge, skill and competence of the individual being supervised.
d) Duties and/or functions that aides in occupational therapy may perform include, but are not limited to:
e) Duties or functions that aides in occupational therapy shall not perform include, but are not limited to:
f) An aide in occupational therapy may not provide direct individual/patient/client treatment.