La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-1961

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-1961 - Delegated Duties and Responsibilities

A. The advisory committee is authorized by the board to:

1. advise and assist the board in the ongoing evaluation of the occupational therapy licensing examination required by the board;

2. assist the board in examining the qualifications and credentials of and interviewing applicants for occupational therapy licensure and make recommendations thereon to the board;

3. provide advice and recommendations to the board respecting the modification, amendment, and supplementation of rules and regulations, standards, policies, and procedures respecting occupational therapy licensure and practice;

4. serve as a liaison between and among the board, licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, and occupational therapy professional associations;

5. receive reimbursement for attendance at board meetings and for other expenses when specifically authorized by the board; and

6. advise and assist the board in the review and approval of continuing professional education programs and licensee satisfaction of continuing professional education requirements for renewal of licensure, as prescribed by Subchapter H of these rules, including the authority and responsibility to:

a. evaluate organizations and entities providing or offering to provide continuing professional education programs for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants and provide recommendations to the board with respect to the board's recognition and approval of such organizations and entities as sponsors of qualifying continuing professional education programs and activities pursuant to §1969 of these rules;

b. review documentation of continuing professional education by occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistants, verify the accuracy of such documentation, and evaluation of and make recommendations to the board with respect to whether programs and activities evidenced by applicants for renewal of licensure comply with and satisfy the standards for such programs and activities prescribed by these rules; and

c. request and obtain from applicants for renewal of licensure such additional information as the advisory committee may deem necessary or appropriate to enable it to make the evaluations and provide the recommendations for which the committee is responsible.

B. In discharging the functions authorized under this Section the advisory committee and the individual members thereof shall, when acting within the scope of such authority, be deemed agents of the board. All information obtained by the advisory committee members pursuant to §1961. A.2 shall be considered confidential. Advisory committee members are prohibited from communicating, disclosing, or in any way releasing to anyone, other than the board, any information or documents obtained when acting as agents of the board without first obtaining written authorization of the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-1961

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 12:767 (November 1986), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 20:1004 (September 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3001-3014 and 37:1270(B)(6).