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Committee considers modernizing occupational therapy scope to include dry needling and updated modalities
Summary
LB630 would update Nebraska’s occupational therapy scope to reflect current education and practice, clarify use of dry needling and physical agent modalities, and allow certified assistants to use specified modalities under defined conditions, proponents told the committee.
Senator Ben Hansen (Legislative District 16) presented LB630 to the Health and Human Services Committee as a scope-of-practice update reflecting credentialing review recommendations and new entry-level educational standards for occupational therapists. "LB630 was brought to me by the Nebraska Occupational Therapy Association… the scope changes in the bill reflect the most current evidence based occupational therapy service provisions," Hansen said.
Occupational therapists and educators testified that the bill updates statutory language to match the American Occupational Therapy Association’s…
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