Ethics Commission: Public Disciplinary Actions,May 2015

Abstract

The Ethics Commission has taken the following recent disciplinary action. According to Section 1.3 of the Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics, with the exception of those cases involving only reprimand, the American Occupational Therapy Association “will report the conclusions and sanctions in its official publications and will also communicate to any appropriate persons or entities.”

Name	Sanction
Kay M. Behnke, OT	Revocation of Membership: Effective February 23, 2015
Kay M. Behnke, OT	Violation of Principles 2E, 2J, 3B, 4E, 5G, 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D of the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010)
Richard R. Brown, OT/L	Revocation of Membership: Effective March 23, 2015
Richard R. Brown, OT/L	Violation of Principles 2A, 2C, 2D and 2J of the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010).
Kristin R. Martin, OT	Censure: Effective March 23, 2015
Kristin R. Martin, OT	Violation of Principles 6B and 6D of the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010)
Adam Yakavonis, OTA/L	Censure: Effective May 4, 2015
Adam Yakavonis, OTA/L	Violation of Principle 5E of the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010)

Please contact Deborah Slater, Ethics Program Manager, at dslater@aota.org, with any questions concerning this information.