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And Just Who Should Be Doing a ‘Health Care Professional’s’ Job?
October 8, 2009 9:27 PM by EJ Brown
A hitherto inert definition embedded in the enforcement policy manual of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has me wondering what in the world the commissioners were thinking when they created the rule. The EEOC enforces the Americans Read More...
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The Time to Move Is Now
July 21, 2009 5:32 PM by EJ Brown
Are you frustrated and a little scared wondering who is going to be paying your doctor and hospital bills this time next year? I am. And most people I talk to these days don't even want to think about it. That’s because they can’t see where Congress is Read More...
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Conference Update: A Speed Bump in the Future of OT Education?
April 23, 2009 1:24 PM by EJ Brown
It's widely known within the profession that occupational therapy has an education "problem." The issue isn't in the quality of its academics, nor in a lack of program levels or foci. The difficulty that is arising lies in how far and wide the scope of Read More...
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RA Passes Consent Agenda, Motions on Re-licensure Model and Internat'l FW Resources
April 7, 2009 11:19 AM by EJ Brown
The Representative Assembly is in full swing this week, having already voted on several measures and in discussion of several more. The assembly passed the items on Consent Agenda Y, and also voted unanimously to have the Commission on Continuing Competence Read More...
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Two Birds with One Tax?
April 1, 2009 12:17 PM by Susan Coyle
The country's largest tobacco tax increase went into effect this morning, raising the tax on cigarettes from 39 cents a pack to $1.01, according to USA Today . The money from the tax reportedly will be used to fund the State Children's Health Insurance Read More...
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Results of the ADVANCE 2009 Survey of Issues Facing State Occupational Therapy Associations
March 1, 2009 8:56 PM by EJ Brown
State association officers across the country who participated in a recent issues survey told us of myriad challenges they will have this year on two fronts: finding and fighting legislatve encroachment from other disciplines and keeping their own numbers Read More...
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