Definitions

For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions shall apply. (a) "Department" means the Department of Public Health. (b) "Licensee" means an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 376a. (c) "License renewal due date" means the last day of the month of July during an odd-numbered year in which licenses expire. (d) "Registration period" means the two-year period during which a license which has been renewed in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes, Section 20-74h, is current and valid and which two-year period terminates on the license renewal due date. (e) "Active practice" means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period. (f) "Provider" means an individual health care provider or educator, organization, educational institution or other entity conducting a continued competency activity. Providers shall include but not necessarily be limited to: educational institutions accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education or its successor organization and its constituent organizations; and the Veterans Administration and Armed Forces when conducting programs at United States governmental facilities. (g) "Participant" means a licensee who completes a continued competency activity. (h) "Contact hour" means a minimum of 50 minutes of continued competency activity. (i) "Face-to-face instruction" means in-person, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either individually or as a part of a group of participants. (j) "Home study program" means continued competency activities clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of occupational therapy that require successful completion of a proficiency examination, and may include distance learning and internet-based educational programs. (k) "Certificate of completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that said participant has successfully completed a continued competency activity.