2007 Minnesota Statutes

148.6450 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
    Subdivision 1. Membership. The commissioner shall appoint seven persons to an
Occupational Therapy Practitioners Advisory Council consisting of the following:
(1) two public members, as defined in section 214.02. The public members shall be either
persons who have received occupational therapy services or family members of or caregivers
to such persons;
(2) two members who are occupational therapists and two occupational therapy assistants
licensed under sections 148.6401 to 148.6450, each of whom is employed in a different
practice area including, but not limited to, long-term care, school therapy, early intervention,
administration, gerontology, industrial rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, physical disability,
pediatrics, mental health, home health, and hand therapy. Three of the four occupational therapy
practitioners who serve on the advisory council must be currently, and for the three years preceding
the appointment, engaged in the practice of occupational therapy or employed as an administrator
or an instructor of an occupational therapy program. At least one of the four occupational therapy
practitioners who serves on the advisory council must be employed in a rural area; and
(3) one member who is a licensed or registered health care practitioner, or other credentialed
practitioner, who works collaboratively with occupational therapy practitioners.
    Subd. 2. Duties. At the commissioner's request, the advisory council shall:
(1) advise the commissioner regarding the occupational therapy practitioner licensure
standards;
(2) advise the commissioner on enforcement of sections 148.6401 to 148.6450;
(3) provide for distribution of information regarding occupational therapy practitioners
licensure standards;
(4) review applications and make recommendations to the commissioner on granting or
denying licensure or licensure renewal;
(5) review reports of investigations relating to individuals and make recommendations to
the commissioner as to whether licensure should be denied or disciplinary action taken against
the person; and
(6) perform other duties authorized for advisory councils by chapter 214, as directed by the
commissioner.
History: 2000 c 361 s 23