What we’re responsible for

The main things we’re responsible for are:

• setting qualifications needed for becoming an occupational therapist
• setting standards for the clinical competence, cultural competence, and ethical conduct of occupational therapists
• registering occupational therapists, and recertifying them each year
• reviewing and ensuring the competence of occupational therapists.

More detail on what we’re responsible for is listed in section 118 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.