Legislation
SECTION 7904-A
Requirements for license as an occupational therapy assistant
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 8, ARTICLE 156
§ 7904-a. Requirements for license as an occupational therapy
assistant. To qualify for a license as an occupational therapy assistant
an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(a) file an application with the department;
(b) have received an education as follows: completion of at least a
two-year associate degree program for occupational therapy assistants
registered by the department or accredited by a national accreditation
agency which is satisfactory to the department, or its equivalent, as
determined by the department in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(c) have a minimum of sixteen weeks clinical experience satisfactory
to the state board for occupational therapy and in accordance with
standards established by a national accreditation agency which is
satisfactory to the department;
(d) be at least eighteen years of age;
(e) be of good moral character as determined by the department;
(f) pay a fee for an initial license and a fee for each triennial
registration period that shall be one-half of the fee for initial
license and for each triennial registration period established for
occupational therapists; and
(g) except as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section
seventy-nine hundred seven of this article, pass an examination
acceptable to the department.
assistant. To qualify for a license as an occupational therapy assistant
an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
(a) file an application with the department;
(b) have received an education as follows: completion of at least a
two-year associate degree program for occupational therapy assistants
registered by the department or accredited by a national accreditation
agency which is satisfactory to the department, or its equivalent, as
determined by the department in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(c) have a minimum of sixteen weeks clinical experience satisfactory
to the state board for occupational therapy and in accordance with
standards established by a national accreditation agency which is
satisfactory to the department;
(d) be at least eighteen years of age;
(e) be of good moral character as determined by the department;
(f) pay a fee for an initial license and a fee for each triennial
registration period that shall be one-half of the fee for initial
license and for each triennial registration period established for
occupational therapists; and
(g) except as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section
seventy-nine hundred seven of this article, pass an examination
acceptable to the department.