I am curious to know if AOTA is taking any steps or planning on taking any steps to preserve, expand and/or reiterate legislatively the scope of practice of OT in the U.S. To my mind doing so becomes particularly important in view of the erosion of jobs in the SNF sector; as well as the underemployment of OTs throughout the U.S., particularly those who are not employed in the hospital-based sector.
Thanks in advance, Biraj Ron Carson wrote: > Hello Chuck: > > Thanks for adding your comments. Can you give any information about which > States have ammended their practice acts to include PT's doing self-care, > community and work reintegration training? Any information for the list > will be greatly appreciated. > > Ron > > ~~~~~~ > On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > CW> "3. PT's are changing their State Practice Acts to incorporate the above > CW> guidelines. The Practice Acts provide language for what PT can legally > CW> claim to do. Whether they can actually do it better than OT doesn't matter. > CW> Once it's in their practice act they can legally claim expertise in the > CW> area." > > CW> Ron, > > CW> I just wanted to share with listserv participants that AOTA and the state > CW> OT associations are closely monitoring this issue. In order to succeed > CW> the PTs need to change one state law at a time. If the PT bills are > CW> amended to clarify the context of their intervention then encroachment > CW> into traditional areas of OT practice will be avoided. > > CW> Chuck > CW> Manager, State Affairs AOTA > > CW> *********��*********** > > CW> Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CW> In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > CW> ** List messages are archived at: > > CW> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > CW> *********��*********** > > *********��*********** > > Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > ** List messages are archived at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > *********��*********** *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
