Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 5 › Subtitle 46 - BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE › Chapter 10.46.04 - Continuing Competency Requirement › Section 10.46.04.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Competence" means an individual's
				  capacity for performance in occupational therapy principles and
				  procedures.
(2) Competency.
(a) "Competency" means the demonstration of
				  the pertinent knowledge of and performance skills in occupational therapy
				  principles and procedures within the practice of occupational therapy and
				  limited occupational therapy.
(b)
				  "Competency" includes satisfactory completion of an educational program or
				  experience, specialty certification, continuing education, or all of
				  these.
(3) Contact Hour.
(a) "Contact hour" means 1 hour spent in a
				  continuing competency activity that meets the requirements of the Board and is
				  approved as set forth in this chapter.
(b) "Contact hour" does not include
				  orientations, introductions, refreshment breaks, receptions, other social
				  gatherings, and meals which do not include an acceptable educational
				  activity.
(4) "Contact
				  hour approval request" means a form provided by the Board for the purpose of
				  obtaining Board approval of contact hours.
(5) "Continuing competency committee" means a
				  committee established and appointed by the Board to evaluate continuing
				  competency programs and activities.
(6) "Continuing competency requirement
				  compliance report" means a form provided by the Board for the purpose of
				  summarizing completion of continuing competency requirements.
(7) "Occupational therapy principles" means:
(a) The use of therapeutic activities that
				  promote independence in daily life roles;
(b) Remediation or restoration of performance
				  abilities that are limited due to impairment in biological, physiological,
				  psychological, or neurological processes;
(c) In order to enhance performance, the
				  adaptation of task, process, or the environment, or the teaching of
				  compensatory techniques;
(d)
				  Methods and techniques for preventing disability that facilitate the
				  development of the safe application of performance skills;
(e) Health promotion strategies and practices
				  that enhance performance abilities; and
(f) Education, instruction, and research in
				  the practice of occupational therapy.
(8) Occupational Therapy Procedures.
(a) "Occupational therapy procedures" means:
(i) 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;
(ii) Developing,
				  remediating, or restoring sensorimotor, perceptual, cognitive, or psychological
				  components of performance;
(iii)
				  Designing, fabricating, applying, or training in the use of assistive
				  technology, splinting, or orthotic devices, including training in the use of
				  prosthetic devices;
(iv) Adapting
				  environments and processes, including the application of ergonomic principles
				  to enhance performance and safety in daily life roles;
(v) Applying physical agent modalities as
				  adjuncts to or in preparation for purposeful activity with appropriate
				  training, as specified;
(vi)
				  Promoting safe, functional mobility in daily life tasks;
(vii) Providing intervention in collaboration
				  with the client, the client's family, the client's caregiver, or
				  others;
(viii) Educating the
				  client, the client's family, the client's caregiver, or others in carrying out
				  appropriate nonskilled interventions; and
(ix) Consulting with groups, programs,
				  organizations, and communities to provide population-based services.
(b) "Occupational therapy
				  procedures" do not include the adjustment or manipulation of any of the osseous
				  structures of the body or spine.
(9) Occupational Therapy Role-Related
				  Activities.
(a) "Occupational therapy
				  role-related activities" means activities which are relevant to and that
				  augment a licensee's professional, job-related duties and
				  responsibilities.
(b) "Occupational
				  therapy role-related activities" may include inservices, course work, or
				  workshops relative to:
(i) Health care
				  administration, management, or leadership;
(ii) Other disciplines' clinical practices
				  that relate to occupational therapy principles and procedures;
(iii) Billing and regulatory
				  issues;
(iv) Health care computer
				  programs that provide information to benefit clients or client education;
				  or
(v) Cultural
				  competency.
(c)
				  "Occupational therapy role-related activities" do not include:
(i) Preparation for national or regional
				  standardized tests, such as the Graduate Record Examination;
(ii) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
				  (CPR);
(iii) Job or facility
				  orientation activities;
(iv)
				  Certificate or degree programs in unrelated fields; or
(v) Foreign language classes for personal
				  use.
(10)
				  "Provider" means a college, university, institution, organization, association,
				  or individual that offers workshops, seminars, conferences, college-level
				  courses, graduate-level courses, telecommunication network courses, or
				  video-taped presentations that maintain or improve professional
				  competency.
(11) "Verification"
				  means current official confirmation of licensure, certification, registration,
				  or continuing education obtained directly from:
(a) A verification service provider approved
				  by the issuing entity and accepted by the Board at its discretion; or
(b) The entity by which the applicant is
				  licensed, certified, registered, or educated.