(a) To
apply for licensure, an applicant shall pay the required fee and submit or
cause to be submitted evidence satisfactory to the Board, on forms provided by
the Board, that the applicant meets the following criteria:
(1) Is of good moral character.
(2) Has successfully completed an educational
program for occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants that is
either:
(i) Accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor
organizations.
(ii) Approved by the
Board and accredited by a National programmatic accrediting agency recognized
by the United States Department of Education.
(3) Has successfully completed a period of
supervised fieldwork experience as a part of an accredited educational program
as required by paragraph (2) as follows:
(i)
For an occupational therapist, a minimum of 6 months of supervised
fieldwork.
(ii) For an occupational
therapy assistant, a minimum of 2 months of supervised
fieldwork.
(4) Has passed
the licensure examination or has qualified for a waiver of the licensure
examination under §
42.12 (relating to waiver of
licensure examination).
(5) Has
completed 3 hours of approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting
in accordance with §
42.48 (relating to child abuse
recognition and reporting-mandatory training requirement).
(b) In addition to the requirements in
subsection (a), an applicant for an occupational therapist license shall submit
one of the following:
(1) Proof that the
applicant has professional liability insurance as set forth in §
42.61 (relating to professional
liability insurance requirement).
(2) A letter from the applicant's insurance
carrier indicating that the applicant will be covered against professional
liability in the amount specified in 42.61(a) upon the issuance of the
applicant's license to practice occupational therapy in this
Commonwealth.
(3) A certification
from the applicant indicating that the applicant will be covered by an employer
against professional liability in the amount specified in 42.61(a) effective
upon the beginning of employment as an occupational therapist, provided that
the applicant does not practice occupational therapy prior to the beginning of
employment.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 42.13 adopted January 27, 1989, effective
1/28/1989, 19 Pa.B. 335; amended
May 4, 2018, effective 5/5/2018,
48 Pa.B. 2624; amended January 21, 2022, effective
1/22/2022, 52 Pa.B. 448.
Amended by
Pennsylvania
Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 44. November 4, 2023, effective
11/4/2023
The provisions of this § 42.13 issued under
section 5(b) of the Occupational Therapy Practice Act (63 P.S. §
1505(b)); amended under
sections 5(b), 8(2) and (5)(vi) and 15(a) of the Occupational Therapy Practice
Act (63 P.S. §§
1505(b),
1508(2) and (5)(vi) and
1515(a)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
42.14 (relating to foreign-trained
applicants); 49 Pa. Code §
42.15 (relating to application for
temporary license); and 49 Pa. Code §
42.62 (relating to
notifications).
