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-4911 - Evaluation

A. Occupational therapists shall evaluate the client's performance according to the current AOTA guidelines.

B. Initial occupational therapy evaluations shall consider the client's medical, vocational, educational, activity, context, environment, social history, and personal/family goals.

C. The occupational therapy evaluation shall include assessment of the functional abilities and deficits as related to the client's needs in the following areas:

D. All evaluation methods shall be appropriate to the client's age, education, cultural and ethnic background, medical status, and functional ability.

E. The evaluation methods may include observation, interview, record review, and the use of evaluation techniques or tools.

F. When standardized evaluation tools are used, the tests should have normative data for the client characteristics. If normative data are not available, the results should be expressed in a descriptive report.

G. Collected evaluation data shall be analyzed and summarized to indicate the client's current status.

H. Occupational therapists shall document evaluation results in the client's record and indicate the specific evaluation tools and methods used.

I. Occupational therapists shall communicate evaluation results to the referring physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or advanced practice registered nurse and/or appropriate persons in the facility.

J. If the results of the evaluation indicate areas that require intervention by other professionals, the occupational therapist should refer the client back to the physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or advanced practice registered nurse or appropriate persons in the facility.