It is the purpose of this act to provide for the establishment of standards of education, for the licensure and for the regulation and control of persons engaged in offering occupational therapy services to the general public to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare, protect the public from being harmed by unqualified persons, assure the highest degree of professional care and conduct on the part of occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, and assure the availability of occupational therapy services of the highest quality to persons in need of such services.
63 P.S. § 1502