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FEDERAL

VOLUME 20

1934 V
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NUMBER 9

Washington, Thursday, January 73, 7955

TITLE 5 ADMINISTRATIVE
PERSONNEL
Chapter I Civil Service Commission P art
24-F o r m a l
E d u c a t io n R e q u ir e
A p p o in t m e n t t o C e r t a in S c ie n t if ic , T e c h n ic a l , a n d P r o f e s
s io n a l P o s it io n s ments
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Section 24,122 is added to read as set out below:
24.122 Occupational Therapist, G S 631-0 all grades a Educational re quirement. Applicants must be gradu ates of a school o f occupational therapy approved at the time of graduation by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Asso ciation. Applicants who graduated prior to 1938 must be graduates o f a school of occupational therapy approved at the time of their graduation by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
b Duties. W ith duties varying in responsibility in accordance with grade, occupational therapists under general supervision of a medical officer, follow accepted theories and practices for defin itive therapeutic purposes to give treat ment to patients for disease or injury, whether physical or mental, by the scien tific use of remedial activities such as machine and hand crafts properly se lected and adapted to provide restoration of muscle function and joint motion, improved work tolerance, relief from mental and emotional strain, and moti vation back to normal life as a useful member of society.
c Knowledge and training requisite for the performance of duties. Occupa tional therapists must have a knowledge of the sciences such as anatomy, physiol ogy, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and child growth and develop ment; a knowledge of clinical subjects covering general medical and surgical conditions, orthopedics, psychiatric, pediatric, tuberculosis and cardiac dis eases; theory courses interpreting the principles and practices of occupational therapy in pediatrics, psychiatry, tuber culosis, orthopedics, and general medi cine and surgery. He must be able to perform disability evaluations including
joint measurement, locomotion, and functional testing. He must be able to recognize the connotation of the diag nosis so tlit limitations of the physical condition of th patient can be related to the treatment program. He must have a scientific knowledge of the use of occupa tional therapy equipment and be able to plan for and/or construct specific equip ment adaptations to meet the specific patient needs, fie must be able to antic ipate and to recognize changes in the patients physical or emotional condition and be able to make immediate adjust ments in the treatment program. He must also have the ability to perform tests for the evaluation of developmental level, handedness, attention span, and activity tolerance.
The necessary knowledges and training can only be acquired through a directed course of study in an approved occupational therapy school.
Sec. 11, 58 Stat. 390; 5 U . S. C. 860
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Chapter III-Foreign and Territorial Compensation D ep t. Reg. 108.244
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DESIGNATION OF DIFFERENTIAL POSTS

Section 325.11 Designation of differ ential posts is amended as follows, effec tive on the dates indicated:
1. Effective as of the beginning of the first pay period following January 1, 1955, paragraph a is amended by the deletion of the following posts:
B e lgian C on go in c lu d in g R u a n d a -U r u n d i , all posts except E lisabeth ville a n d Leopoldville.

2. Effective as of the beginning of the first pay period following December 4, C o n tin u e d o n p . 291

See Agricultural Marketing Serv ice.

Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Rules and regulations:
Standard instrument approach procedures; procedure alter ations______ ._________________

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Civil Service Commission Rules and regulations:
Education requirements, formal, for appointment to certain scientific, technical, and pro fessional positions; Occupa tional Therapist___________ _

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Defense Mobilization Office
Executive Assistant.
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Agriculture Department
See Civil Aeronautics Administra tion; Maritime Administration.

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Agricultural Marketing Service Pase Proposed rule making:
Figs, dried, produced in Cali.. fornia__________________ _

Commerce Department
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Rules and regulations:
Reestablishment o f Telecom munications Planning Com mittee; providing for a repre sentative of the Departm ent.
of Justice to be included in membership_________________
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Federal Communications Com mission Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Carbon Emery Broadcasting Co______________________
Clearfield Broadcasters, Inc.
W AK U ___________
Coastal Broadcasting Co.
W O N N __________________
Ernst, Mildred V., and Ther mopolis Broadcasting ,Co., Inc_________________
Gade, Harold M., and Mon mouth County Broadcast ers_______
Radio Services of Wells ville__
Western Union Telegraph Co_
Rules and regulations:
Aviation services; aeronautical en route stations; Alaska----289

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