Scope of practice.

Utah Code § 58-40-601, under Part 58-40-6: Scope of Practice - Treatment or Intervention Plans.

Utah Code § 58-40-601

58-40-601. Scope of practice.

(1) A master therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter may: practice recreational therapy: as an employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility; in private practice; or as a consultant; and supervise and train other licensees under this chapter.

(2) A therapeutic recreation specialist licensed under this chapter: may practice recreational therapy as the employee of a hospital, clinic, agency, or other facility; may not practice recreational therapy in private practice or as a consultant; and may supervise other licensees under this chapter.

(3) A therapeutic recreation technician: may perform recreational therapy services if: under the supervision of a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist; may maintain the ongoing documentation of services provided in accordance with a treatment or intervention plan if: under the supervision of either a master therapeutic recreation specialist or a therapeutic recreation specialist employed full-time and on-site in the same hospital, clinic, or facility; or in consultation with a master therapeutic recreation specialist; may perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection; 58-40-102(2)(a)(i) may not perform the portion of an assessment described in Subsection; 58-40-102(2)(a)(ii) may not prescribe or create a treatment or intervention plan; and may not approve or cosign a modification to a treatment or intervention plan.