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Presentation on AI in health care prompts board to form ad hoc AI committee to study AB 489
Summary
Tammy Richmond warned the board that AI tools can act without a human in the loop, risk impersonating licensed clinicians, and use RTM billing codes in ways that could exclude OTs; the board agreed to form an ad hoc committee to scope regulatory and consumer‑protection responses to AB 489 and related bills.
A public presentation and sustained public comment on artificial intelligence in health care led the California Board of Occupational Therapy on Feb. 27 to authorize formation of an ad hoc committee to examine how newly enacted and pending state laws should be applied to occupational‑therapy practice.
Tammy Richmond, who identified herself as an occupational therapist, chair of an American Telemedicine Association telerehabilitation special interest group and founder of a hybrid telehealth company, told the board that AI is fundamentally different from telehealth and is increasingly being embedded in clinical tools. “AI is not telehealth,” Richmond said during her presentation. She described two common categories — generative AI (chatbots and natural‑language systems)…
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