Section 7904. Requirements for a professional license  


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  • 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 a baccalaureate  or  masters  program,  or  a  certificate
      program satisfactory to the department which is substantially equivalent
      to  a  baccalaureate degree program, in accordance with the commissioner
      of education'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) Fees: 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.