2010 NCOTA Conference Winston-Salem, NC October 2, Fall Updates

The Board is comprised of: 4 OT practitioners 2 Public members 1 Physician member 1 School-based professional True or False?

The Board contracts with the following law firm to provide legal advice, complaint investigation, and administration: a.Martin & Jones, PLLC b.Broughton, Wilkins, Sugg, & Thompson, PLLC c.Everett, Gaskins, Hancock, & Stevens, PLLC Multiple Choice

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Safeguards the public health, safety and welfare; protects the public from being harmed by unqualified persons

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Impacts health care, legislative, and reimbursement communities as advocates for the consumer and the profession.

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Advocates for OT practitioners for the purpose of the advancement of the profession.

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Ensures practitioners are competent and requires continuing competence activities to be completed each year.

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Assures the highest degree of professional care and conduct on the part of occupational therapy practitioners.

Comparing Roles: A - NCOTA B - NCBOT Promotes professional education & communication.

The main purpose of licensure is to: a.Protect the public from harm b.Provide for OT jobs c.Ensure adequate reimbursement for occupational therapy services d.Protect the OT profession’s scope of practice Multiple Choice

Each year the Board submits a report containing all of its official actions from the preceding year, as well as recommendations to improvement OT practice to: a. NC General Assembly b. NCOTA c. Licensees Multiple Choice

All of the following are duties of the Board except: a.Conduct investigations b.License practitioners c.Discipline licensees who violate the Practice Act d.Provide training and remediation for licensees who violate the Practice Act e.Communicate disciplinary actions to relevant state and federal authorities Multiple Choice

This year the Board: Created and implemented a jurisprudence exam Created and implemented a jurisprudence exam Conducted 22 investigations, 19 resulting in disciplinary actions Conducted 22 investigations, 19 resulting in disciplinary actions Conducted 3 hearings Conducted 3 hearings Audited over 200 OT continuing competence records of licensees Audited over 200 OT continuing competence records of licensees True or False?

All are true of the jurisprudence exam administered by the Board except: a.Must be successfully completed by applicants for initial licensure b.Has been passed by over 150 practitioners c.Is based on the NCBOT Practice Act and Rules d.May be taken multiple times by the practitioner to ensure a passing grade Multiple Choice

Current occupational therapy licensees in NC: 4000 Greater – A or Less Than - B

Increase in Practitioners in NC

OTs and OTAs in NC

The Board requests information from applicants such as education, practice setting, practice specialty, and race because OT practitioners are included in the annual report published by Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill. True or False

Continuing competence is a process in which an OT or OTA develops and maintains the: knowledge knowledge performance skills performance skills interpersonal abilities interpersonal abilities critical reasoning skills, and critical reasoning skills, and ethical reasoning skills ethical reasoning skills necessary to perform his or her professional responsibilities. True or False

All of the following are true of mentorship as defined in the Rules, except : a.It is a formal agreement between mentor and mentee. b.A signed contract must outline the objectives of the agreement between the mentor and mentee. c.Records must be kept of all interactions, meetings, goals, and accomplishment of goals. d.Orientation to a new practice setting as required for employment is an allowable area for mentorship. Multiple Choice

Resources NCBOTwww.ncbot.org NCBOTwww.ncbot.org NCOTAwww.ncota.org NCOTAwww.ncota.org AOTAwww.aota.org AOTAwww.aota.org NBCOTwww.nbcot.org NBCOTwww.nbcot.org NC General Assembly NC General Assembly Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-CH Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-CH

Contact the Board North Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, NC Phone: (919) Fax: (919)