2007 Minnesota Statutes

148.6404 SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
The practice of occupational therapy by an occupational therapist or occupational therapy
assistant includes, but is not limited to, intervention directed toward:
(1) assessment and evaluation, including the use of skilled observation or the administration
and interpretation of standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements, to identify areas
for occupational therapy services;
(2) providing for the development of sensory integrative, neuromuscular, or motor
components of performance;
(3) providing for the development of emotional, motivational, cognitive, or psychosocial
components of performance;
(4) developing daily living skills;
(5) developing feeding and swallowing skills;
(6) developing play skills and leisure capacities;
(7) enhancing educational performance skills;
(8) enhancing functional performance and work readiness through exercise, range of motion,
and use of ergonomic principles;
(9) designing, fabricating, or applying rehabilitative technology, such as selected orthotic
and prosthetic devices, and providing training in the functional use of these devices;
(10) designing, fabricating, or adapting assistive technology and providing training in the
functional use of assistive devices;
(11) adapting environments using assistive technology such as environmental controls,
wheelchair modifications, and positioning;
(12) employing physical agent modalities, in preparation for or as an adjunct to purposeful
activity, within the same treatment session or to meet established functional occupational therapy
goals, consistent with the requirements of section 148.6440; and
(13) promoting health and wellness.
History: 2000 c 361 s 4