Abstract
Policy A.6
Subject:
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Purpose:
It Shall Be the Policy of the Association That:
All official meetings sponsored by the Association shall be open to the members except in the following instance(s), in which the meeting would be an executive session:
a. Discussion of specific personnel performance, hiring, or firing to protect personal information of/or relating to a member or employee of the Association, including Social Security number, compensation, and/or benefits.
b. All disciplinary proceedings in accordance with the Administrative Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and attachments, all proceedings for an individual’s alleged violations of the AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (Code), and any other proceeding which is explicitly designated as confidential in an SOP.
c. When disclosing confidential proprietary information relating to the operations of the Association, including business sensitive information such as detailed budget information; revenues, expenses, or future business plans and services; terms of agreements with vendors and other sensitive agreements; lists of members or subscribers’ names and addresses; and internal information relating to technology.
d. Confidential legal communications with Legal Counsel.
e. An exceptional reason that, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at the meeting, they find the reason to be so compelling as to close the meeting.
f. Electronic and telephonic meetings other than Assembly online meetings.
The agenda of a regular meeting of the Board, Assembly, and the Annual Business Meeting shall be published in an official publication of the Association at least 2 weeks prior to the meeting. The agenda shall contain the meeting starting time and location (including the address with building and room) as well as a statement indicating that it is an open meeting.
Policy A.20
Subject:
Effective:
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Purpose:
It Shall Be the Policy of the Association That:
The Association shall recognize members who have achieved board certification or specialty certification in an identified area of occupational therapy practice consistent with criteria established by the Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development with the Board for Advanced and Specialty Certification (BASC) and implemented by the BASC.
The objective of such recognition is to:
a. Create a community of occupational therapy practitioners who share a commitment to ongoing continuing competence and professional development.
b. Provide credentials to those who have met the criteria for board certification or specialty certification through the demonstration of advanced or specialized knowledge, critical and ethical reasoning, and interpersonal and performance skills in an identified area of occupational therapy practice.
c. Enable consumers and other stakeholders to identify occupational therapy practitioners who have achieved board certification or specialty certification in an identified area of occupational therapy practice.
Summary of Bylaws Revisions, 2017
Technical revisions to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Bylaws were made in 2017 for consistency. Of note are the following changes:
Technical changes to the Association Bylaws to specify term of office for Board Officers (Article VI, Section 2).
The 2017 Bylaws are available in their entirety on the AOTA website at http://www.aota.org/AboutAOTA/Documents.aspx. The Bylaws are also available in the Reference Manual of the Official Documents of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (22nd ed.), available for order through the AOTA online store at http://myaota.aota.org/shop_aota/.