OAR 339-010-0035: Supervision of an Occupational Therapy Assistant

(1) Any person who is licensed as an occupational therapy assistant may assist in the practice of occupational therapy only under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist. (2) Before an occupational therapy assistant assists in the practice of occupational therapy: (a) The occupational therapy assistant must log into their online license portal with the board and record the name of the licensed occupational therapist who will supervise them, the site where supervision will take place and the supervision start date. (b) The licensed occupational therapist whose name is recorded in the online license portal with the board must log into their online license portal and confirm their supervision of the occupational therapy assistant by updating the approval status to “approved”. (3) An occupational therapy assistant always requires at least general supervision. (4) The supervising occupational therapist shall provide closer supervision where professionally appropriate. (5) The supervisor, in collaboration with the supervisee, is responsible for setting and evaluating the standard of work performed.