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Discipline Summary: Agnes Agnelli 2014
Discipline Summary: Hina Arora 2014
Discipline Summary: Hina Arora 2013
Discipline Summary: Alice Tam 2012
Discipline Summary: Agnes Agnelli 2010
Discipline Summary: Jodi Craig 2008
Discipline Summary: Gregory McNeely 2007
Discipline Summary: Alice Tam 2007
Discipline Summary: Anand Santhagunam 2007
Discipline Summary: Philip Adam Towsley 2007
Discipline Summary: Lise Thibert 2006
Discipline Summary: Melissa Coiffe 2005
Discipline Summary: Melanie Holowach 2005
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Discipline Summary: Stephanie Zubriski 2020
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Home modifications help seniors age in place
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Quick Reference to Use of Title, 2017
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Three Steps to Support Patient and Client Safety
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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
Opportunity: Seeking 5 OTs for Professional Committee Appointments to College Statutory Committees
Now Available: 2022 Annual Report
2023 Districts 2 & 4 Elections (Now Available: Webinar Recording)
Upcoming Quality Assurance Changes
Opportunity: OTs needed to help NOTCE reflect the new Competencies
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Strongly Recommends Masking in Indoor Spaces
Competencies for Occupational Therapists in Canada (2021) Now in Effect
June 23, 2022 Board Meeting Highlights
October 22, 2022 Board Meeting Highlights
Opportunity: Non-Police Led Mental Health Crisis Response
Board Meeting: October 20, 2022
Occupational Therapy Month and Fall Radio Spot
Opportunity to Work with ACOTRO as a Competency Assessor
September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day
Welcome the College's New Program Director: Kim Woodland
Hearings
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Acronyms and Terms
Advisory Statement: The Occupational Therapist’s Role in Naloxone Administration, 2017
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
Controlled Acts and Delegation
Culture, Equity, and Justice in Occupational Therapy Practice
Decision Tree for Obtaining Consent
Decision-Making Framework, 2021
Discontinuing Services
Discretionary Reporting of Fitness to Drive, 2018
Essential Competencies of Practice for Occupational Therapists in Canada 3rd Edition
General Regulation
Guide du code de déontologie
Guide du code de déontologie
Guide to the Apology Act
Guide to the Code of Ethics, 2012
Guideline: Use of Surveillance Material in Assessments
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
Normes d’utilisation du titre, 2017
Normes d'acupuncture, 2020
Normes de consentement, 2017
Normes de prévention des mauvais traitements d’ordre sexuel, 2018
Normes de prévention et de lutte contre les infections, 2019
Normes de psychothérapie, 2018
Normes de supervision des aides-ergothérapeutes, 2018
Normes de supervision des étudiants en ergothérapie, 2018
Normes de tenue de dossiers, 2016
Normes sur la prévention et la gestion des conflits d'intérets, 2012
Normes sur les limites professionnelles, 2015
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
Private Practice
Professional Misconduct Regulation
Record Keeping Checklist
Record Keeping Review Tool
Référentiel de compétences pour les ergothérapeutes au Canada
Règlements administratifs
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
Réponse de l’Ordre au rapport du coroner sur les décès causés par le piégeage dans les lits, 2017
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
Student Registration Checklist - 7 Steps!
Understanding When Psychotherapy is a Controlled Act
Use of Social Media, 2021
Virtual Services, 2021
Welcome Guide
Working with Third Party Payers, 2017
Working Within Managed Resources, 2021