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The EThics Commission (EC) of AOTA is revising the 3 documents which make up our Ethics Standards: The Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics, Guidelines to the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and the Core Values and Attitudes of OT Practice. Have you encountered ethical dilemmas or situations which...

Ethics Commission Seeks Feedback on Revised Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2005) The Ethics Commission (EC) seeks review and feedback on a major revision to the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2005) . The Code, along with the Guidelines to the Code, and the Core Values and Attitudes...

I really appriciate AOTA's leadership in the area of ethics, but I would like to see them be more active in offering sessions at conference that help therapists talk about and address situations in which a push for productivity and profit lead to ethical challances like this one. I think that this...

Last week you may have heard about the Medicare fraud scheme in which the owner and vice president of a Detroit-area medical clinic were convicted in a $23 million scheme—submitting $23.2 million in claims to Medicare for occupational therapy and physical therapy that were never provided to beneficiaries...

As fun as social networking can be, have you ever considered the fact that as an occupational therapy practitioner (or student) you could be sharing too much information about your clients and practice? Check out these resources: Read the February 22 OT Practice , the article A Fieldwork Educator’s...

I write this with frustration. Our privately owned SNF was taken over by a new owner one year ago. While most aspects of service delivery have remained unchanged, we were approached last week with direction via a consultant/new owner/administrator that we were to approach things differently. We were...

AOTA addresses unethical practice consistently and through a variety of methods. It is the Ethics Commission (EC) of AOTA that develops and updates the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (most recently in 2010) as well as the Enforcement Procedures for the Code and Ethics Standards...

As a health care professional, in light of medical ethics, would you risk your personal and professional reputation and possibly your employment opportunities to convince other colleagues that miracles are real events if you experienced one or more yourself ??? Would you risk the chance that co-workers...

Perhaps a member of the ad hoc could address a question regarding the proposed Ethics Review Panel. As the process is described, de jure complaints result in automatically imposed sanctions. The respondent is, however, permitted to provide a written response, potentially prompting an oral hearing...

Hi Bill! The Ethics Review Panel does retain the right to overturn its automatic sanction upon review of the written response or outcome of the discretionary oral hearing. The recommendations related to the ethics process flowed from recommendations that were developed by AOTA’s general counsel...

Hi Susan! Thank you for your feedback! The Ad Hoc Committee has involved AOTA senior staff extensively in their discussions and deliberations in order to assure a full understanding of the staffing implications of the recommendations. Fred Somers and his team do not believe these recommendations will...

Hi Bill! T he Executive Summary does not intend to elaborate on the details of all procedures. The intent, according to the general counsel, is that the ethics panel in De Jure cases will have less discretion to open cases than in other types of cases and will be required to find substantial evidence...

This year's OTA Forum (not to be confused with this forum on OT Connections) will be very interesting. We hope you plant to attend conference this year in sunny San Diego. The discussion should be lively, so come join us. Here is information on this session: Short Course 332, Saturday, April 27...

I am sending this message in behalf of my co therapists at the SNF. We have had questionable experiences with our current facility administrator. Firstly, she makes statements during daily meetings that the therapists are not doing their job because: a. Physical therapists are not allowing patients...