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OT groups press board to remove OT assistants from proposed supervision cap
Summary
Representatives from OTAC and AOTA urged the California Board of Occupational Therapy to omit occupational therapy assistants from a proposed cap in supervision regulations, saying an additional cap could reduce access to services and fieldwork placements.
Several speakers urged the California Board of Occupational Therapy on March 7 to remove occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) from a proposed numeric cap in supervision regulations. Commenters said a cap would conflict with existing statute that already limits the number of OTAs an occupational therapist may supervise and that adding the assistant role to a separate list could reduce access to care.
Sami Rafidi, president of the Occupational Therapy Association of California, told the board she and Kristin…
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