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                                                                      Exhibit 14

                            ORTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                 CODE OF ETHICS

This Code of Ethics (the "Code") has been adopted by the Board of Directors (the
"Board") of Ortec International, Inc. (the "Company") in accordance with the
requirements of Item 406 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and summarizes the standards applicable to the Company's
employees, including its executive officers, and the members of the Board (the
"Subject Parties").

As a public company, it is of critical importance that filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and others be accurate and timely. The
Subject Parties bear a special responsibility for promoting integrity throughout
the Company, with responsibilities to shareholders and others having an interest
in or dealing with the Company. The Subject Parties have a special role both to
adhere to these principles themselves, and also to ensure that a culture exists
throughout the Company as a whole that ensures the fair, timely and accurate
reporting of the Company's financial results and condition.

Because of this special role, the Subject Parties are bound by this Code to:

     - act with honesty and integrity, practice and promote ethical conduct, and
     disclose to the Board or any committee established by the Company for the
     purpose of receiving such disclosures (the "Committee"), any material
     transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise
     to actual or apparent conflicts of interest between any Subject Party's
     personal and professional relationships;

     - provide information in the Subject Party's possession that is complete,
     objective, relevant, and otherwise necessary to ensure the Company provides
     full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports
     and documents that the Company files with, or submits, to, the Securities
     and Exchange Commission or others, and in other public communications made
     by the Company;

     - comply with applicable laws, rules, standards, best practices and
     regulations of federal, state, provincial and local governments, and other
     appropriate private and public regulatory, listing and standard-setting
     agencies; and

     - avoid any breach of fiduciary duty, any self-interested transactions with
     the Company without full disclosure to the Board or the Committee, and
     promptly report to the Board or the Committee any conduct that he or she
     believes is or may be in violation of



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     law, regulations, business ethics or of any provision of this Code,
     including any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected
     to give rise to such a violation.

Any waiver of or amendment to this Code may only be made by the Board and will
be promptly disclosed in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Requests for waivers of any provision of this Code must be made in writing to
the Board.

If a Subject Party is faced with a difficult ethical decision or has doubts as
to the appropriate course of action in a particular situation, he or she should
consult with the Company's Board or the Committee. Each Subject Party will be
held accountable for adherence to this Code. Violations of this Code, including
failures to report actual or potential violations by others, will be viewed by
the Company as a severe disciplinary matter that may result in a personnel
action, up to and including termination of employment. If a Subject Party
believes that a violation of this Code has occurred, he or she is required to
promptly inform the Board or the Committee.