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Public commenters press board to exclude OT assistants from new supervision cap
Summary
At a March 7 meeting of the California Board of Occupational Therapy, association leaders urged the board to keep occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) off a proposed supervision cap, citing existing statute that already limits OTA supervision and concerns it would reduce access to services.
Leaders of occupational therapy associations and program directors urged the California Board of Occupational Therapy on March 7 to exclude occupational therapy assistants from a proposed numeric supervision cap in state regulations.
The comment came during the board—onference at Keck Graduate Institute and the meeting—ollowed up on discussion the board held in November 2024 about proposed changes to supervision language in the California Code of Regulations. "Section G, occupational therapists may supervise no more than a total of 3 of the following," said Sami Rafidi, president of the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC), describing the regulation under consideration and saying OTAC had asked that occupational therapy assistants be omitted from that list.
OTAC and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)…
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