148B.6 - WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING.
148B.6 WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING.
1. The board may waive the examination and grant a license to a
person certified prior to January 1, 1981, as an occupational
therapist registered (O.T.R.) or a certified occupational therapy
assistant (C.O.T.A.) by the American Occupational Therapy
Association.
2. The board shall waive the education and experience
requirements for licensure in section 148B.5, subsections 1 and 2,
for applicants for a license who present evidence to the board that
they have been engaged in the practice of occupational therapy on and
prior to January 1, 1981. Proof of actual practice shall be
presented to the board in a manner as it prescribes by rule. To
obtain the benefit of this waiver, an applicant must successfully
complete the examination within one year from January 1, 1981.
However, the waiver is conditional upon the applicant satisfying the
education and experience requirements of section 148B.5, subsections
1 and 2, within five years of the waiver being granted and if those
requirements are not satisfied at the expiration of those five years
the board shall revoke the license.
3. The board may waive the examination and grant a license to an
applicant who presents proof of current licensure as an occupational
therapist or occupational therapy assistant in another state, the
District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States which
requires standards for licensure considered by the board to be
equivalent to the requirements for licensure of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 148B.6]