OSOT Membership Requirements and Conditions

Active Members are voting members of the association and must meet and demonstrate the following requirements and conditions:

a) A member must live and/or work in the Province of Ontario.

AND meet either criteria (b) or (c) below;

b) be eligible to practice Occupational Therapy in the Province of Ontario or another province pursuant to the Occupational Therapy Act, 1991 (Ontario) or the applicable legislation that regulates the profession of Occupational Therapy in another province.

OR

c) must have graduated from an occupational therapy educational program in Canada accredited by the CAOT or from a non-Canadian occupational therapy educational program recognized by the World Federation of Occupational Therapist, and have successfully completed 1,000 hours of fieldwork or clinical practice or can provide evidence of full membership in the professional association in the country where occupational therapy education was received.

Active OSOT Membership has two principle categories;

• Practising
• Non-Practising

Associate Members are non-voting members of the Society as they do not meet the requirements for active membership but wish to liaise with the association. Associate members may or may not be an occupational therapist. 

NOTE: Applicants will be asked to provide evidence of their eligibility during the online process. If you have an active College registration number, this is all that will be required but if not, you may be contacted while your membership is "pending" to provided additional evidence of membership eligibility. Membership approval generally occurs within 1 business day.

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