AOTA 2020 Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics

The 2020 Code of Ethics was the American Occupational Therapy Association's ethical standard for its members: occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and students. It was written to reflect a changing profession and health care system and the ethical questions new technologies raise in practice, research, education and policy.

It commits members to inclusion, participation, safety and well-being for everyone they serve, at every stage of life, health and illness, whether the client is a person, a group, a family, an organization, a community or a population. It has been replaced by the 2025 edition.

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