54-3709 WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS -- LICENSE ENDORSEMENT. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 37

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT

54-3709. Waiver of requirements -- License endorsement. (1) The licensure board shall grant a license to any person certified prior to the effective date of this chapter and practicing in Idaho as an occupational therapist registered (OTR) or a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) by the national board for certification in occupational therapy or a predecessor organization as established in rule. The licensure board may waive the examination, education, or experience requirements and grant a license to any person certified by the national board for certification after the effective date of this chapter if the board determines the requirements for such certification are equivalent to the requirements for licensure in this chapter.

(2) The licensure board may waive the examination, education, or experience requirements and grant a license to any applicant who shall present proof of current licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which requires standards for licensure considered by the board to be equivalent to the requirements for licensure pursuant to this chapter.