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OTAC flags wording ambiguity on who may modify intervention plans; will define term in next rule review
Summary
The committee discussed ambiguous proposed rule language about whether occupational therapy assistants may modify intervention plans on the spot and agreed not to delay the rules now but to add a definition of "intervention plan" in the next rule revision cycle.
Committee members spent substantial time on March 7 reviewing proposed rule language about who may modify an intervention or treatment plan and concluded that current draft language is inconsistent and could confuse practitioners about the roles of occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs).
The draft rules include passages stating both that "an OT has the overall responsibility for the development, the documentation, the implementation, and the modification" of the intervention plan and that "when modifying the intervention plan, the OTP…
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