Section 216-RICR-40-05-12.2 - DefinitionsA. Wherever used in this Part the following terms shall be construed as follows:1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-40.1, entitled "Occupational Therapy".2. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division of Professional Regulation.3. "Board" means the Board of Occupational Therapy within the Division of Professional Regulation established pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-40.1-4.4. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.5. "Division" means the Division of Professional Regulation.6. "Occupational therapist" means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy under the provisions of the Act and this Part.7. "Occupational therapy" means the use of purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability, and develop, improve, sustain, or restore the highest possible level of independence of any individual who has an injury, illness, cognitive impairment, sensory impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental illness, developmental or learning disability, physical disability, or other disorder or condition.a. Occupational therapy includes evaluation by means of skilled observation of functional performance and/or assessment through the administration and interpretation of standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements.b. Occupational therapy services include, but are not limited to:(1) The evaluation and provision of treatment in consultation with the individual, family or other appropriate persons;(2) Interventions directed toward developing, improving, sustaining, or restoring daily living skills, including self-care skills and activities that involve interactions with others and the environment, work readiness or work performance, play skills or leisure capacities or educational performance skills;(3) Developing, improving, sustaining or restoring sensorimotor, oral-motor, perceptual or neuromuscular functioning; or emotional, motivational, cognitive or psychosocial components of performance; and(4) Education of the individual, family or other appropriate persons in carrying out appropriate interventions.(5) These services may encompass evaluation of need and the design, development, adaptation, application or training in the use of assistive technology devices; the design, fabrication or(6) Application of rehabilitative technology, such as selected orthotic devices; training in the functional use of orthotic or prosthetic devices; the application of therapeutic activities, modalities, or exercise as an adjunct to or in preparation for functional performance; the application of ergonomic principles; the adaptation of environments and processes to enhance daily living skills; or the promotion of health and wellness.8. "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person licensed to practice occupational therapy under the provisions of the Act and this Part.9. "Occupational therapy aide" means a person not licensed pursuant to the statutes and rules applicable to the practice of occupational therapy, who works under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, who assists in the practice of occupational therapy and whose activities require an understanding of occupational therapy, but do not require professional or advanced training in the basic anatomical, psychological and social sciences involved in the practice of occupational therapy.10. "Supervision" means that a licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant shall at all times be responsible for supportive personnel and students.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-12.2