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§ 4153. Swallowing Assessment, Evaluation, or Intervention.

16 CA ADC § 4153Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 39. Board of Occupational Therapy
Article 6. Advanced Practices
16 CCR § 4153
§ 4153. Swallowing Assessment, Evaluation, or Intervention.
Currentness
(a) The role of an occupational therapist in instrumental evaluations is to observe structure and function of the swallowing mechanism in order to assess swallowing capability and determine swallowing interventions. The occupational therapist may not perform the physically invasive components of the instrumental evaluation.
(b) Swallowing assessment, evaluation or intervention may be performed only when an occupational therapist has demonstrated to the Board 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 following subjects:
(A) Anatomy, physiology and neurophysiology of the head and neck with focus on the structure and function of the aerodigestive tract;
(B) The effect of pathology on the structures and functions of the aerodigestive tract including medical interventions and nutritional intake methods used with patients with swallowing problems;
(C) Interventions used to improve pharyngeal swallowing function.
(2) Training: Completion of 240 hours of supervised on-the-job training, clinical internship or affiliation, which may be paid or voluntary, pertaining to swallowing assessment, evaluation or intervention. An occupational therapist in the process of completing the training requirements of this section may practice swallowing assessment, evaluation or intervention under the supervision of an occupational therapist who has been approved under this article, a speech language pathologist with expertise in this area, or a physician and surgeon.
(c) An occupational therapist may provide only those swallowing assessment, evaluation or intervention 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 (b)(2) filed 4-28-2011; operative 5-28-2011 (Register 2011, No. 17).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (b) and (c) filed 10-14-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 41).
This database is current through 4/19/24 Register 2024, No. 16.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 4153, 16 CA ADC § 4153
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