Ethics Commission: Public Disciplinary Actions,July 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
Brian M. Sexton, OT	Suspension of Membership until December 31, 2015 Violation of Principles 50, 6B, 6D, and 7 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.