§ 7904. Requirements for a professional license.
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§ 7904. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a
license as an occupational therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the
following requirements:
(1)File an application with the department.
(2)Have satisfactorily completed an approved occupational therapy
curriculum in at least a baccalaureate or masters program, or its
equivalent, as determined by the department in accordance with the
commissioner's regulations.
(3)Have a minimum of six months of supervised occupational therapy
experience which supervision and experience shall be satisfactory to the
board of occupational therapy and in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations.
(4)Pass an examination satisfactory to the board of occupational
therapy and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
(5)Be at least twenty-one years of age.
(6)Meet no requirements as to United States citizenship.
(7)Be of good moral character as determined by the department.
(8)Pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for
admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial
license, a fee of seventy dollars for each re-examination, a fee of one
hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring
admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one
hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period.