Full and non-practicing registrants are entitled to one vote for each of the three vacancies on the Board. There are five candidates. Information about the candidates running for election, ballots and return envelopes were mailed October 21, 2016. If you did not receive your package, please email us or call (866) 386-6822. Read about the candidates.
At 4 pm October 20, 2016 COTBC and other health professional regulatory colleges in BC were alerted by the Ministry of Health that the Health Professions General Regulation was amended to allow for naloxone to be administered, by people not otherwise authorized, when there is a suspected opioid overdose. This includes occupational therapists. Read the full release.
On October 29, cOnnecT with COTBC’s Board, learn more about the OT role in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). CAOT-BC has also arranged for MLA Darryl Plecas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health for Seniors to attend from 11:00 am on, to review the research posters arranged by UBC’s OSOT, and help present the CAOT-BC Awards. No cost to attend. Register Now!
