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 also prohibits a therapist from supervising more occupational therapy assistants, at any one time, than can be appropriately supervised in the opinion of the board. Existing law prohibits the total number of occupational therapy assistants from exceeding twice the number of occupational therapists regularly employed by a facility at any one time. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime.
California AB 2671 (20212022) — 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 also prohibits a therapist from supervising more occupational therapy assistants, at any one time, than can be appropriately supervised in the opinion of the board. Existing law prohibits the total number of occupational therapy assistants from exceeding twice the number of occupational therapists regularly employed by a facility at any one time. The act makes a violation of these prohibitions a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4944.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4987.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
2022-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e96d9c26-0873-47e9-b9e2-ad230726dcb8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).