2023 ACOTE Standards
ACOTE Standards and Interpretive Guide
- 2023 ACOTE Standards and Interpretive Guide (last updated April 26, 2026) – Download
Revision of the ACOTE Standards
- Standards Changes – 2018 to 2023 – Download
- ACOTE Guidance for Compliance with Standards Regarding DEIJ – Download
- See the AOTA website for additional resources.
- ACOTE Standards Adopted and Program Information Sessions – Download
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Historical ACOTE Standards
- 2018 ACOTE Standards and Interpretive Guide
- 2011-Standards-and-Interpretive-Guide
- 2006 ACOTE Standards and Interpretive Guide 8-2012
- 1998 OT Standards
- 1998 OTA Standards
- 1991 OTA Essentials – Updated 1995
- 1991 OTA Essentials – Original
- 1991 OT Essentials – Updated 1995
- 1991 OT Essentials – Original
- 1983 OTA Essentials
- 1983 OT Essentials
- 1975 OTA Essentials
- 1973 OT Essentials
- 1970 OTA Guide and Standards
- 1965 Requirements for OTA Training Program
- 1965 OT Essentials
- 1949 OT Essentials
- 1943 OT Essentials
- 1935 OT Essentials
- 1923 OT Standards
How to cite the 2023 ACOTE Standards
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. (2023). 2023 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE®) Standards and Interpretive Guide. https://acoteonline.org/accreditation-explained/standards/
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