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New Public and Professional Opportunities with COTO
Now Available: Updated Standards of Practice Webinar Recording
COTO on Instagram and Updated Social Media Terms of Use
April 21, 2023 Board Meeting Highlights
2023 QA Program Survey Results
March 30, 2023 Board Meeting Highlights
Now Open: Annual Renewal 2023
Special Meeting of the Board: April 12, 2023
Now Available: Preview the updated Standards of Practice (In effect June 1, 2023)
District 4 (Ottawa, Kingston and Area) Board Election Results
Consultation on Proposed Emergency Class of Registration
Board Elections Update - District 2 and 4
New Standards of Practice Receive Board Approval
January 26, 2023 Board Meeting Highlights
Special Board Meeting: Monday, February 13, 2023
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COTO Launches Revised Logo
Board Meeting: January 26, 2023
Join the January 10 Webinar on Board Elections for Hamilton, Ottawa, Kingston and areas (District 2 and 4)
Additional Opportunity: Seeking 2 OTs for Appointment to College Subcommittees
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Advisory Statement: The Occupational Therapist’s Role in Naloxone Administration, 2017
Assignment of Services to Occupational Therapy Assistants
Bylaws
Cadre décisionnel
Child and Family Services Act, 1990
Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA)
Code de déontologie
Code of Ethics, 2020
College Response to the Coroner’s Report: Deaths from Power Recliner Lift Chairs, 2022
College Response to the Coroner's Report: Deaths from Bed Entrapment, 2017
Competencies for Occupational Therapists in Canada
Consent Checklist
Considerations when Hiring an Occupational Therapist
Controlled Acts and Delegation
Culture, Equity, and Justice in Occupational Therapy Practice
Decision-Making Framework, 2021
Determining Capacity Decision Tree
Discontinuing Services
Discretionary Reporting of Fitness to Drive, 2018
Essential Competencies of Practice for Occupational Therapists in Canada 3rd Edition
Funding for Occupational Therapy Services
General Regulation
Guide du code de déontologie
Guidelines for Working with Third Party Payers, 2017
Interprofessional Guide on the Use of Orders, Directives and Delegation for Regulated Health Professionals in Ontario
La prise de décision réfléchie dans la pratique de l'ergothérapie
Les Compétences Essentielles à la pratique pour les ergothérapeutes au Canada - 3e édition
Lignes directrices – Collaboreravec des tiers payeurs, 2017
Liste de contrôle de l’inscription pour les étudiants
Medical Assistance in Dying, 2021
Occupational Therapy Act, 1991
Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
Position Statement: On the Interpretation of the Controlled Act of Communicating a Diagnosis
PREP: Critical Thinking and Professional Judgement Through an OT Lens, 2019
PREP: Ethics and Professionalism, 2021
PREP: Managing Risks in Occupational Therapy Practice, 2020
PREP: Professional Boundaries and the Prevention of Sexual Abuse, 2018
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Professional Misconduct Regulation
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Référentiel de compétences pour les ergothérapeutes au Canada
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Réponse de l’Ordre au rapport du coroner sur les décès causés par le piégeage dans les lits, 2017
Standard for Acupuncture, 2023
Standard for Assessment and Intervention, 2023
Standard for Consent, 2023
Standard for Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC), 2023
Standard for Professional Boundaries and the Prevention of Sexual Abuse, 2023
Standard for Psychotherapy, 2023
Standard for Record Keeping, 2023
Standard for the Prevention and Management of Conflicts of Interest, 2023
Standard for the Supervision of Students and Occupational Therapy Assistants, 2023
Standard for Use of Title, 2023
Standards for Acupuncture, 2020
Standards for Assessment, 2020
Standards for Consent, 2017
Standards for Infection Prevention and Control, 2019
Standards for Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest, 2012
Standards for Professional Boundaries, 2015
Standards for Psychotherapy, 2018
Standards for Record Keeping, 2016
Standards for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse, 2018
Standards for the Supervision of Occupational Therapist Assistants, 2018
Standards for the Supervision of Students, 2018
Standards for Use of Title Psychotherapist, 2018
Standards for Use of Title, 2017
Standards of Practice, 2023
Student Registration Checklist - 7 Steps!
Understanding Consent: Information for patients, clients and caregivers
Understanding When Psychotherapy is a Controlled Act
Use of Social Media, 2021
Use of Title: What you must, must not, and may do
Virtual Services, 2021
Welcome Guide
Working with Third Party Payers, 2017
Working Within Managed Resources, 2021