California Business and Professions Code CHAPTER 5.6 - Occupational Therapy

• Section 2570.
  This chapter may be cited as the Occupational Therapy Practice Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 697, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
• Section 2570.1.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of occupational therapy in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and there is a necessity...
• Section 2570.2.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:(a) “Appropriate supervision of an aide” means that the responsible occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant shall...
• Section 2570.3.
  (a) No person shall practice occupational therapy or hold himself or herself out as an occupational therapist or as being able to practice occupational therapy, or...
• Section 2570.4.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or restricting the practice, services, or activities of any of the following persons:(a) Any person licensed or...
• Section 2570.5.
  (a) A limited permit may be granted to any person who has completed the education and experience requirements of this chapter.(b) A person who meets the qualifications...
• Section 2570.6.
  An applicant applying for a license as an occupational therapist as an occupational therapy assistant shall file with the board a written application provided by...
• Section 2570.7.
  (a) An applicant who has satisfied the requirements of Section 2570.6 may apply for examination for licensure in a manner prescribed by the board. Subject to...
• Section 2570.8.
  For the purposes of verifying a license issued under this chapter, a person may rely on the licensure information posted on the board’s Internet Web...
• Section 2570.9.
  The board shall issue a license to any applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter, including the payment of the prescribed licensure or renewal...
• Section 2570.10.a.
  (a) Any license issued under this chapter shall be subject to renewal as prescribed by the board and shall expire unless renewed in that manner. The...
• Section 2570.11.
  Upon a written request, the board may grant inactive status to an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who is in good standing, who meets...
• Section 2570.13.
  (a) Consistent with this section, subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 2570.2, and accepted professional standards, the board shall adopt rules necessary to assure appropriate...
• Section 2570.14.
  An initial applicant who has not been actively engaged in the practice of occupational therapy within the past five years shall provide to the board,...
• Section 2570.15.
  Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants trained outside of the United States and its possessions shall be required to satisfy the examination requirements of Section...
• Section 2570.16.
  Initial license and renewal fees shall be established by the board in an amount that does not exceed a ceiling of one hundred fifty dollars...
• Section 2570.17.
  (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment of a twenty-five dollar ($25) fee, a retired license to an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy...
• Section 2570.18.
  (a) A person shall not represent to the public by title, education, or background, or by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the...
• Section 2570.185.
  (a) An occupational therapist shall document his or her evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of treatment in the patient record.(b) An occupational therapy assistant shall document...
• Section 2570.19.
  (a) There is hereby created a California Board of Occupational Therapy, hereafter referred to as the board. The board shall enforce and administer this chapter.(b) The members...
• Section 2570.20.a.
  (a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter, evaluate the qualifications, and approve the examinations for licensure under this chapter.(b) The board...
• Section 2570.21.
  Subject to Sections 107 and 154, the board may employ an executive officer and other officers and employees(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 697, Sec. 3....
• Section 2570.22.
  All fees collected by the board shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the Occupational Therapy Fund which is hereby...
• Section 2570.23.
  Any person who violates Section 2570.3 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than...
• Section 2570.24.
  If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
• Section 2570.25.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California Board of Occupational Therapy in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever...
• Section 2570.26.
  (a) The board may, after a hearing, deny, suspend, revoke, or place on probation a license, inactive license, or limited permit.(b) As used in this chapter, “license”...
• Section 2570.27.
  (a) The board may discipline a licensee by any or a combination of the following methods:(1) Placing the license on probation with terms and conditions.(2) Suspending the license...
• Section 2570.28.
  The board may deny or discipline a licensee for any of the following:(a) Unprofessional conduct, including, but not limited to, the following:(1) Incompetence or gross negligence in...
• Section 2570.29.
  In addition to other acts constituting unprofessional conduct within the meaning of this chapter, it is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this chapter...
• Section 2570.30.a.
  The board shall retain jurisdiction to proceed with any investigation, action or disciplinary proceeding against a license, or to render a decision suspending or revoking...
• Section 2570.31.
  If a license is suspended, the holder may not practice occupational therapy during the term of suspension. Upon the expiration of the term of suspension,...
• Section 2570.32.
  (a) A holder of a license that has been revoked, suspended, or placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of a penalty,...
• Section 2570.36.
  If a licensee has knowledge that an applicant or licensee may be in violation of, or has violated, any of the statutes or regulations administered...
• Section 2571.
  (a) An occupational therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter and approved by the board in the use of physical agent modalities may apply topical medications prescribed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018