Sec. 20-74f. Licensing fee. Use of title or designation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-74f. Licensing fee. Use of title or designation. (a) The department shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this chapter upon payment of a one-hundred-dollar license fee. Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapist under the terms of this chapter may use the words "occupational therapist", "licensed occupational therapist", or "occupational therapist registered" or he may use the letters "O.T.", "L.O.T.", or "O.T.R." in connection with his name or place of business to denote his registration hereunder. Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapy assistant under the terms of this chapter may use the words "occupational therapy assistant", or he may use the letters "O.T.A.", "L.O.T.A.", or "C.O.T.A." in connection with his name or place of business to denote his registration thereunder. No person shall practice occupational therapy or hold himself out as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant, or as being able to practice occupational therapy or to render occupational therapy services in this state unless he is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

      (b) No person, unless registered under this chapter as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or whose registration has been suspended or revoked, shall use, in connection with his name or place of business the words "occupational therapist", "licensed occupational therapist", "occupational therapist registered", "occupational therapy assistant", or the letters, "O.T.", "L.O.T.", "O.T.R.", "O.T.A.", "L.O.T.A.", or "C.O.T.A.", or any words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that he is an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant or in any way, orally, in writing, in print or by sign, directly or by implication, represent himself as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.

      (P.A. 78-253, S. 6, 11; P.A. 84-526, S. 7; P.A. 89-251, S. 81, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 22, 117.)

      History: P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of section to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee for licenses from $25 to $50 and changed the fee for licenses for persons eligible on the basis of foreign licensure from $50 to $100; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to increase license fee from $50 to $100 and made technical changes.