Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The occupational therapist shall
periodically and systematically review all aspects of individual occupational
therapy programs for effectiveness and efficiency.
B. Occupational therapists shall periodically
and systematically review the quality and appropriateness of total services
delivered, using predetermined criteria that reflect professional consensus and
recent development in research and theory.
C. Any occupational therapist supervising an
occupational therapy assistant must have performed and documented a service
competency on the occupational therapy assistant. The occupational therapist
must have previously evaluated and/or treated any client being seen by an
occupational therapy assistant he or she is supervising. In addition:
1. initial service competency. Following
acceptance of responsibility to supervise an occupational therapy assistant,
but prior to utilization of such assistant in the implementation of any client
program plan or other administration of occupational therapy to a client, the
supervising occupational therapist shall initially evaluate and document the
occupational therapy assistant's service competency to administer all
occupational therapy services which are to be performed under his or her
supervision and direction. The service competency is designed to document the
occupational therapy assistants skill set;
2. annual service competency. Following such
an initial evaluation the supervising occupational therapist shall thereafter
annually conduct and document a service competency to determine the
occupational therapy assistant's skill set;
3. documentation of service competency.
Documentation of initial and annual competency shall include the date the
evaluation was performed, a description of the tasks evaluated, and the name,
signature and Louisiana license number of the supervising occupational
therapist conducting the service competency evaluation;
4. in practice settings where an occupational
therapy assistant is supervised by more than one occupational therapist,
service competencies (initial and/or annual) performed by one supervising
occupational therapist will satisfy the requirements of this Section for all
occupational therapists supervising the occupational therapy assistant in the
performance of the same services, provided that their name, signature and
Louisiana license number appears on the evaluation;
5. a supervising occupational therapist shall
insure such documentation is maintained by the occupational therapy assistant
and at each clinic, facility or home health agency where the occupational
therapy assistant practices under his or her supervision.
D. A supervising occupational therapist is
responsible for and must be capable of demonstrating compliance with the
requirements of this Chapter and AOTA supervision guidelines respecting
supervision of occupational therapy assistants.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
37:3001-3014 and
37:1270(B)(6).
