Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 49 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Subchapter B - Standards of Practice
Section XLV-4909 - Referral

A. A client is appropriately referred to occupational therapy for remediation, maintenance, or prevention when the client has, or appears to have, a dysfunction or potential for dysfunction in occupational performance or performance skills.

B. Clients shall be referred to occupational therapy for evaluation, design construction of, or training in therapeutic adaptations that include, but are not limited to, the physical environment, orthotics, prosthetics, and assistive and adaptive equipment.

C. The occupational therapist enters a case at the request of a Louisiana licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or advanced practice nurse practitioner; assumes full responsibility for the occupational therapy evaluation and; and, in consultation with the referring physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or advanced practice nurse practitioner, establishes the appropriate type, nature, and mode of service.

D. Occupational therapists shall refer clients back to the physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or advanced practice nurse practitioner when, in the judgment of the occupational therapists, the knowledge and expertise of another professional is required.