La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-4919

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

Section XLV-4919 - Quality Assurance and Service Competency

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-4919

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 28:1977 (September 2002), LR 41:2142 (October 2015).

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