(225 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 3702)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-251)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:
    (1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    (3) "Board" means the Illinois Occupational Therapy Licensure Board appointed by the Secretary.
    (4) "Occupational therapist" means a person initially registered and licensed to practice occupational therapy as defined in this Act, and whose license is in good standing.
    (5) "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person initially registered and licensed to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist, and to implement the occupational therapy treatment program as established by the licensed occupational therapist.
    (6) "Occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of purposeful and meaningful occupations or goal-directed activities to evaluate and provide interventions for individuals, groups, and populations who have a disease or disorder, an impairment, an activity limitation, or a participation restriction that interferes with their ability to function independently in their daily life roles, including activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of habilitation, rehabilitation, and to promote health and wellness. Occupational therapy may be provided via technology or telecommunication methods, also known as telehealth, however the standard of care shall be the same whether a patient is seen in person, through telehealth, or other method of electronically enabled health care. Occupational therapy practice may include any of the following:
        (a) remediation or restoration of performance abilities that are limited due to
    
impairment in biological, physiological, psychological, or neurological processes;
        (b) modification or adaptation of task, process, or the environment or the teaching of
    
compensatory techniques in order to enhance performance;
        (c) disability prevention methods and techniques that facilitate the development or safe
    
application of performance skills; and
        (d) health and wellness promotion strategies, including self-management strategies, and
    
practices that enhance performance abilities.
    The licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant may assume a variety of roles in his or her career including, but not limited to, practitioner, supervisor of professional students and volunteers, researcher, scholar, consultant, administrator, faculty, clinical instructor, fieldwork educator, and educator of consumers, peers, and family.
    (7) "Occupational therapy services" means services that may be provided to individuals, groups, and populations, when provided to treat an occupational therapy need, including the following:
        (a) evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or restoring skills in activities of
    
daily living, work, or productive activities, including instrumental activities of daily living and play and leisure activities;
        (b) evaluating, developing, remediating, or restoring sensorimotor, cognitive, or
    
psychosocial components of performance with considerations for cultural context and activity demands that affect performance;
        (c) designing, fabricating, applying, or training in the use of assistive technology,
    
adaptive devices, seating and positioning, or temporary, orthoses and training in the use of orthoses and prostheses;
        (d) adapting environments and processes, including the application of ergonomic
    
principles, to enhance performance and safety in daily life roles;
        (e) for the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant possessing advanced
    
training, skill, and competency as demonstrated through criteria that shall be determined by the Department, applying physical agent modalities, including dry needling, as an adjunct to or in preparation for engagement in occupations;
        (f) evaluating and providing intervention in collaboration with the client, family,
    
caregiver, or others;
        (g) educating the client, family, caregiver, or others in carrying out appropriate
    
nonskilled interventions;
        (h) consulting with groups, programs, organizations, or communities to provide
    
population-based services;
        (i) assessing, recommending, and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility,
    
including wheelchair management;
        (j) driver rehabilitation and community mobility;
        (k) management of feeding, eating, and swallowing to enable or enhance
    
performance of these tasks;
        (l) low vision rehabilitation;
        (m) lymphedema and wound care management;
        (n) pain management; and
        (o) care coordination, case management, and transition services.
    (8) (Blank).
    (9) "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or licensee to inform the Department of any change of address, and those changes must be made either through the Department's website or by contacting the Department.
(Source: P.A. 102-307, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-251)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029)
    Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:
    (1) "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    (2) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
    (3) "Board" means the Illinois Occupational Therapy Licensure Board appointed by the Secretary.
    (4) "Occupational therapist" means a person initially registered and licensed to practice occupational therapy as defined in this Act, and whose license is in good standing.
    (5) "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person initially registered and licensed who assists in the practice of occupational therapy under this Act. The occupational therapy assistant shall work under appropriate supervision of and in partnership with a licensed occupational therapist.
    (6) "Occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations and activities with recipients, groups, or populations to support occupational performance and participation. "Occupational therapy practice" includes clinical reasoning and professional judgment to evaluate, analyze, and address occupational challenges, including issues with client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills and provide occupation-based interventions to address the challenges. Through the provision of skilled services and engagement in everyday activities, occupational therapy promotes physical and mental health and well-being by supporting occupational performance in people with, or are at risk of experiencing, a range of developmental, physical, and mental health disorders. Occupational therapy may be provided via technology or telecommunication methods, also known as telehealth, however the standard of care shall be the same whether a patient or recipient is seen in person, through telehealth, or other method of electronically enabled health care. Occupational therapy practice may include any of the following components:
        (A) evaluation of factors affecting activities of daily living, instrumental activities
    
of daily living, health management, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation;
        (B) methods or approaches to identify and select interventions; and
        (C) interventions and procedures including:
            (i) remediation or restoration of performance abilities that are limited due to
        
impairment in biological, physiological, psychological, or neurological processes;
            (ii) modification or adaptation of task, process, or the environment or the teaching
        
of compensatory techniques in order to enhance performance;
            (iii) disability prevention methods and techniques that facilitate the development
        
or safe application of performance skills; and
            (iv) health and wellness promotion strategies, including self-management strategies,
        
and practices that enhance performance abilities.
    The licensed occupational therapist or licensed occupational therapy assistant may assume a variety of roles in the licensee's career including, but not limited to, practitioner, supervisor of professional students and volunteers, researcher, scholar, consultant, administrator, faculty, clinical instructor, fieldwork educator, and educator of consumers, peers, family members, and care-partners.
    (7) "Occupational therapy services" means services that may be provided to individuals, groups, and populations, when provided to treat an occupational therapy need, including the following:
        (a) evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or restoring skills in self-care,
    
self-management, health management, including medication-management, health routines, rest and sleep, home management, community and work integration, school activities, work performance, and play and leisure activities;
        (b) identification, development, and remediation or compensation for deficits in
    
physical, neuromusculoskeletal, sensory-perceptual, emotional regulation, visual, mental, and cognitive functions; pain tolerance and management; praxis; developmental skills; and behavioral skills or psychosocial components of performance with considerations for cultural context and activity demands that affect performance;
        (c) assessing, designing, fabricating, applying, or training in the use of assistive
    
technology, adaptive devices, seating and positioning, orthoses and training in the use of prostheses;
        (d) modification of contexts in settings, such as home, school, work, and community, and
    
adaptation of processes, including the application of ergonomic principles, to enhance performance and safety in daily life roles;
        (e) for the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant possessing advanced
    
training, skill, and competency as demonstrated through criteria that shall be determined by the Department, applying physical agent modalities, including dry needling, as an adjunct to or in preparation for engagement in occupations;
        (f) evaluating and providing intervention in collaboration with the recipient, family,
    
caregiver, or others;
        (g) educating the recipient, family, caregiver, groups, populations, or others in
    
carrying out appropriate nonskilled interventions;
        (h) consulting with groups, programs, organizations, or communities to provide
    
population-based services;
        (i) assessing, recommending, and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility,
    
including wheelchair fitting and management and other mobility devices;
        (j) driver rehabilitation and community mobility;
        (k) management of feeding, eating, and swallowing to enable or enhance
    
performance of these tasks;
        (l) low vision rehabilitation;
        (m) lymphedema and wound care management;
        (n) pain management;
        (o) care coordination, case management, and transition services;
        (p) exercises, including tasks and methods to increase motion, strength, and endurance
    
for occupational participation;
        (q) virtual interventions, including simulated, real-time, and near-time technologies,
    
consisting of telehealth and mobile technology;
        (r) evaluating and treating problems of rest and sleep;
        (s) group interventions, including the use of dynamics of group and social interaction
    
to facilitate learning and skill acquisition across the life course; and
        (t) habilitation, rehabilitation, and the promotion of physical and mental health and
    
wellness for clients with all levels of ability-related needs and for clients who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, and activity limitation or participation restriction.
    (8) (Blank).
    (9) "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
    (10) "Recipient" means a person, group, or population who receives occupational therapy services.
    (11) "Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.
    (12) "Care-partner" or "caregiver" means someone, in a paid or unpaid capacity, who, by mutual agreement with the individual living with a temporary or chronic condition or disability, assists that individual with the individual's physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual care in either habilitative or rehabilitative capacity.
(Source: P.A. 102-307, eff. 1-1-22; 103-251, eff. 1-1-24.)