designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent
injury or disability, and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the
highest possible level of independence of any individual who has an
injury, illness, cognitive impairment, psychosocial dysfunction, mental
illness, developmental or learning disability, physical disability, or other
disorder or condition. It includes assessment by means of skilled
observation or evaluation through the administration and interpretation of
standardized or nonstandardized tests and measurements."
Definition of Occupational Therapy Practice for State Regulation by the American
Occupational Therapy Association, 1994