Section 246-847-030. Occupational therapists acting in a consulting capacity.

(1) "Consulting capacity" shall mean the providing of information and recommendations which the facility, licensed health care practitioners, or certified teachers employed at that facility may accept, reject, or modify at the election of the facility, the licensed health care practitioners, or certified teachers and if the occupational therapist's recommendations are accepted or modified then the recommendations shall be incorporated into the patient's health care plan as part of the nursing or physician's care plan or educational care plan and not held out as the providing of occupational therapy services to the patients or public or billed by the facility as the providing of occupational therapy services to the patients.

(2) An occupational therapist acting in a consulting capacity shall include the following information in the occupational therapist's documentation:

(a) Date of consultation;

(b) To whom the consultation is provided;

(c) Description of services provided;

(d) Consultation recommendation; and

(e) Recommendations concerning who should implement the consultation recommendations.

The documentation described above shall be retained by the consulting occupational therapist.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.59.130. WSR 91-05-027 (Order 112B), recodified as § 246-847-030, filed 2/12/91, effective 3/15/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.59.130 and 18.130.050. WSR 87-09-044 (Order PM 645), § 308-171-003, filed 4/14/87.]

RCW 18.59.130. WSR 91-05-027 (Order 112B), recodified as § 246-847-030, filed 2/12/91, effective 3/15/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.59.130 and 18.130.050. WSR 87-09-044 (Order PM 645), § 308-171-003, filed 4/14/87.