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Room & Board: Licensure Board & Actions
LA Law: Licensure Applications & renewal
The Right Stuff: Qualifications and examinations & credentials
Carrots and Sticks: Supervision
Staying Alive: Ethics
100
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
What is the name of the group who administers the OT Practice Act in GA
100
An action the board may take for someone who is licensed in another state and who meets all other qualifications to be licensed
What is a waiver of examination?
100
A license
What is the official document required to legally practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in GA?
100
These categories of occupational therapy personnel individuals must be supervised
What is occupational therapy assistants and limited license holders
100
Three national groups who publish ethical guidelines relevant to OT
What is AOTA, State Board of OT and NBCOT
200
6 mos
What is the maximum number of months that a therapist can be imprisoned for as a penalty for breaking the OT Practice Act
200
Length of time a license is valid
What is two years?
200
OT, OT/L, OTR/L, LOT
What are the credentials used by occupational therapists who are license in GA
200
Daily on site close contact allowing for quick response to questions or concerns
What is direct supervision
200
The legal term for lying about any aspect of information provided to the licensure board.
What is fraud
300
The governor
Who is the official who appoints individuals to fill vacancies on the OT State Board
300
Requirements to be initially licensed as an occupational therapist
What is good moral character, graduation from an approved educational program, 6 mos of fieldwork and successful completion of an approved exam
300
Limited permit
What is the term for the kind of license given to someone who has passed all the requirements except the certification exam?
300
Periodic meetings between occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to provide review of programs and recommend resources
What is consultation
300
The term for behavior which jeopardizes clients or colleagues.
What is unprofessional conduct
400
5 occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants and 1 consumer
What is the membership of the Ga State Board of OT
400
Completed application, payment of fee and proof of required continuing education
What is required for license renewal
400
Examination approved by the Board for licensure?
What is the NBCOT certification examination
400
Level of occupational therapy personnel responsible for all aspects of care
What is an occupational therapist
400
The organization to whom complaints regarding professional conduct or unethical behavior should be addressed in GA
GA State Board of Occupational Therapy
500
To regulate professional conduct
What is the subject of rules and regulations issued by the board?
500
The specific continuing education requirements to renew a license.
What is 24 hrs every 2 years (14 direct hands on patient care, max of 6 on general issues, 2 for ethics).
500
Requirements to use physical agent modalities in GA
What is 90 contact hours of education, 36 of which must be directly related to specific theories and application of PAMS
500
The requirements for occupational therapy assistant to use PAMS
What is meets the educational requirements for contact hours and is supervised by OT certified to use PAMS
500
The name for the responsibility or process used to maintain or develop skills required by the context in which services are being provided.
What is continuing competency?