Updates requirements for licensure in occupational therapy.
What changed between versions
The definition of 'occupational therapy services' was narrowed: the phrase 'in traditional, non-traditional and emerging areas in line with occupational therapy practice including, but not limited to' was removed, and the sentence 'The services shall be provided to individuals, groups, or populations through medical, health and wellness, educational, community, and social systems' was deleted. The list of service areas (parental health, women's health, pelvic health and intimacy, LGBTQIA+ issues, sports and concussion management, disaster preparedness and emergency management, population health management) is retained but now introduced simply with 'to address.'
Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley (District 18, Middlesex) was added as a sponsor, and Assemblywomen Peterpaul and Donlon were added as co-sponsors, indicating broader legislative support.
Internal cross-references were updated: references to 'section 18' and 'sections 4 and 9' of the pending bill were changed to 'section 10' and 'sections 4 and 10' respectively, reflecting renumbering of sections during committee amendment.
A statutory citation was corrected from C.45:9-37-64 to C.45:9-37.64 (formatting fix).
The legislative STATEMENT section (a summary of the bill's purpose) was removed, which is standard when a bill moves from introduced version to reprint.