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§ 4151. Hand Therapy.

16 CA ADC § 4151Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 39. Board of Occupational Therapy
Article 6. Advanced Practices
16 CCR § 4151
§ 4151. Hand Therapy.
Currentness
(a) Hand therapy services may be performed only when an occupational therapist has demonstrated to the Board in an application filed pursuant to section 4155 that they have met the post professional education and training requirements established by this section as follows:
(1) Education: Completion of 45 contact hours in the subjects listed in Code section 2570.3(e), including 30 hours specifically relating to the hand, wrist, and forearm.
(2) Training: Completion of 480 hours of supervised on-the-job training, clinical internship or affiliation, which may be paid or voluntary, pertaining to hand therapy.
(b) An occupational therapist whose application pursuant to section 4155 provides proof of current certification as a Certified Hand Therapist, issued by the Hand Therapy Certification Commission, shall be deemed to have met the education and training requirements established by this section.
(c) An occupational therapist providing hand therapy services using physical agent modalities must also comply with the requirements of section 4152. A maximum of 8 contact hours and 60 hours of supervised on-the-job training, clinical internship or affiliation, paid or voluntary, completed under section 4152 will be credited toward the requirements of this section.
(d) An occupational therapist may provide only those hand therapy services the occupational therapist is competent to perform.

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Sections 2570.3 and 2570.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2570.2 and 2570.3, Business and Professions Code.
History
1. New section filed 3-9-2004; operative 3-9-2004 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2004, No. 11).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(1) filed 4-28-2011; operative 5-28-2011 (Register 2011, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (b) and subsection relettering filed 11-20-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 47).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (d) filed 10-14-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 41).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 4151, 16 CA ADC § 4151
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