Bill Text: CA SB813 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 813

Introduced

Bill Title: Occupational therapy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-24 - Read first time. [SB813 Detail]

Download: California-2025-SB813-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 813

Introduced by Senator McNerney

February 21, 2025

An act to amend Section 2570.18.5 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 813, as introduced, McNerney. Occupational therapy.

Existing law, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, establishes the California Board of Occupational Therapy for the licensure and regulation of the practice of occupational therapy. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing occupational therapy or working as an occupational therapy assistant under the supervision of an occupational therapist without being licensed under the act.

Existing law requires an occupational therapist to document the occupational therapist’s evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of treatment in the client record. Existing law further requires client records to be maintained for a period of not less than 7 years following the discharge of the client, except as specified.

This bill would increase the above timeframe to 10 years following discharge of the client.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 2570.18.5 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

2570.18.5.

(a) An occupational therapist shall document the occupational therapist’s evaluation, goals, treatment plan, and summary of treatment in the client record.

(b) An occupational therapy assistant shall document the services provided in the client record.

(d) Client records shall be maintained for a period of no less than ~~seven~~ 10 years following the discharge of the client, except that the records of unemancipated minors shall be maintained at least one year after the minor has reached the age of 18 years, and not in any case less than seven years.