Hello Chuck: Thanks for adding your comments. Can you give any information about which States have ammended their practice acts to include PT's doing self-care, community and work reintegration training? Any information for the list will be greatly appreciated.
Ron ~~~~~~ On Tuesday, April 23, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CW> "3. PT's are changing their State Practice Acts to incorporate the above CW> guidelines. The Practice Acts provide language for what PT can legally CW> claim to do. Whether they can actually do it better than OT doesn't matter. CW> Once it's in their practice act they can legally claim expertise in the CW> area." CW> Ron, CW> I just wanted to share with listserv participants that AOTA and the state CW> OT associations are closely monitoring this issue. In order to succeed CW> the PTs need to change one state law at a time. If the PT bills are CW> amended to clarify the context of their intervention then encroachment CW> into traditional areas of OT practice will be avoided. CW> Chuck CW> Manager, State Affairs AOTA CW> *********ой*********** CW> Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CW> In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist CW> ** List messages are archived at: CW> http://www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com CW> *********ой*********** *********ой*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com *********ой***********
