90-270.66. Declaration of purpose.
The North Carolina Occupational Therapy Practice Act is enacted to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, to protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons, to assure the highest degree of professional services and conduct on the part of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, to provide for the establishment of licensure requirements, and to insure the availability of occupational therapy services of high quality to persons in need of such services. It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the regulation of persons offering occupational therapy services to the public. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1073, s. 1; 2005-432, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations
Article 18D - Occupational Therapy.
§ 90-270.66 - Declaration of purpose.
§ 90-270.68 - Establishment of Board, terms, vacancies, removal, meetings, compensation.
§ 90-270.69 - Powers and duties of the Board.
§ 90-270.70 - Requirements for licensure.
§ 90-270.72 - Exemption from requirements.
§ 90-270.73 - Issuance of license.
§ 90-270.75 - Renewal of license.
§ 90-270.76 - Suspension, revocation and refusal to renew license.
§ 90-270.78 - False representation of license prohibited.
§ 90-270.79 - Violation a misdemeanor.