Full Text of SB2217 95th General Assembly
SB2217 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2217
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Carole Pankau SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 75/2 |
from Ch. 111, par. 3702 |
225 ILCS 75/8 |
from Ch. 111, par. 3708 |
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Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Provides for the issuance of a specialty occupational therapist license by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to a person who seeks to practice music therapy, as that term is defined by rule of the Department, and who meets certain other qualifications.
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act | 5 |
| is amended by changing Sections 2 and 8 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 3702)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:
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| (1) "Department" means the Department of Professional | 10 |
| Regulation.
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| (2) "Director" means the Director of Professional | 12 |
| Regulation.
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| (3) "Board" means the Illinois Occupational Therapy | 14 |
| Licensure Board
appointed by the Director.
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| (4) " Occupational therapist" means a person initially
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| registered and licensed to practice
occupational therapy as | 17 |
| defined in this Act, and whose license is in good
standing. | 18 |
| "Occupational therapist" includes a person who possesses a | 19 |
| current valid specialty occupational therapist license issued | 20 |
| under this Act.
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| (5) "Occupational therapy assistant" means a person
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| initially registered and licensed to assist in the practice of | 23 |
| occupational
therapy under the supervision of a licensed |
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| occupational
therapist, and to implement the occupational | 2 |
| therapy treatment program as
established by the licensed | 3 |
| occupational therapist. Such
program may include training in | 4 |
| activities of daily living,
the use of therapeutic activity | 5 |
| including task oriented activity to enhance
functional | 6 |
| performance, and guidance in the selection and use of adaptive
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| equipment.
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| (6) "Occupational therapy" means the therapeutic use of | 9 |
| purposeful and
meaningful occupations or goal-directed | 10 |
| activities to evaluate and provide
interventions for | 11 |
| individuals and populations who have a disease or disorder,
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| impairment, an activity limitation, or a participation | 13 |
| restriction that
interferes with their ability to function | 14 |
| independently in their daily life
roles and to promote health | 15 |
| and wellness. Occupational therapy intervention
may include | 16 |
| any of the following:
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| (a) remediation or restoration of performance | 18 |
| abilities that are limited
due to impairment in biological, | 19 |
| physiological, psychological, or neurological
processes;
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| (b) adaptation of task, process, or the environment or | 21 |
| the teaching of
compensatory techniques in order to enhance | 22 |
| performance;
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| (c) disability prevention methods and techniques that | 24 |
| facilitate the
development or safe application of | 25 |
| performance skills; and
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| (d) health promotion strategies and practices that |
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| enhance performance
abilities.
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| The licensed occupational therapist or licensed | 3 |
| occupational therapy assistant may assume a variety of roles in
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| his or her career including,
but not limited to, practitioner, | 5 |
| supervisor of professional students and
volunteers, | 6 |
| researcher, scholar, consultant, administrator, faculty, | 7 |
| clinical
instructor, and educator of consumers, peers, and | 8 |
| family.
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| (7) "Occupational therapy services" means services that | 10 |
| may be provided to
individuals and populations including, | 11 |
| without limitation, the following:
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| (a) evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or | 13 |
| restoring skills in
activities of daily living, work, or | 14 |
| productive activities, including
instrumental living and | 15 |
| play and leisure activities;
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| (b) evaluating, developing, remediating, or restoring
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| sensorimotor,
cognitive, or psychosocial components of | 18 |
| performance;
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| (c) designing, fabricating, applying, or training in | 20 |
| the use of assistive
technology or temporary, orthoses and | 21 |
| training in the use of orthoses and
prostheses;
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| (d) adapting environments and processes, including the | 23 |
| application of
ergonomic principles, to enhance | 24 |
| performance and safety in daily life roles;
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| (e) for the occupational therapist or occupational | 26 |
| therapy
assistant possessing advanced training, skill, and
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| competency as demonstrated through examinations that shall | 2 |
| be determined by the
Department, applying physical agent | 3 |
| modalities as an adjunct to or in
preparation for | 4 |
| engagement in occupations;
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| (f) evaluating and providing intervention in | 6 |
| collaboration with the
client, family, caregiver, or | 7 |
| others;
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| (g) educating the client, family, caregiver, or others | 9 |
| in carrying out
appropriate nonskilled interventions; and
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| (h) consulting with groups, programs, organizations, | 11 |
| or communities to
provide population-based services ; and . | 12 |
| (i) for the occupational therapist who possesses a | 13 |
| current valid specialty occupational therapy license, | 14 |
| engaging in the practice of music therapy, as that term is | 15 |
| defined by rule of the Department.
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| (8) "An aide in occupational therapy" means an individual | 17 |
| who provides
supportive services to occupational therapists or | 18 |
| occupational therapy
assistants but who is not certified by a | 19 |
| nationally
recognized occupational therapy certifying or | 20 |
| licensing body.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-297, eff. 1-1-02; 92-366, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, | 22 |
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7-11-02; 93-461, eff. 8-8-03.)
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| (225 ILCS 75/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 3708)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| Sec. 8. Qualifications; specialty license. |
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| (a) A person shall be qualified for licensure as an | 2 |
| occupational
therapist if that person:
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| (1) has applied in writing in form and substance to the | 4 |
| Department;
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| (2) (blank);
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| (3) has completed an occupational therapy program of at | 7 |
| least 4 years in
length, leading to a baccalaureate degree, | 8 |
| or its equivalent, approved by
the Department; and
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| (4) has successfully completed the examination
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| authorized by
the Department within the past 5 years. | 11 |
| (b) The Department shall issue a specialty occupational | 12 |
| therapist license to a person who seeks to practice music | 13 |
| therapy, as that term is defined by rule of the Department, and | 14 |
| who: | 15 |
| (1) has applied in writing in form and substance to the | 16 |
| Department; and | 17 |
| (2) in lieu of the requirements set forth in items (3) | 18 |
| and (4) of subsection (a) of this Section, provides proof | 19 |
| to the Department of music therapy certification from an | 20 |
| approved certifying entity.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-461, eff. 8-8-03.)
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