2025 Minnesota Statutes

148.6420 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

Subdivision 1.Applications for initial licensure.

(a) An applicant for initial licensure must:

(1) submit a completed application for licensure on forms provided by the board and must supply all information and documentation requested on the application, including:

(i) the applicant's name, business address and business telephone number, primary email address, and home or mobile telephone number;

(ii) a description of the applicant's education and training, including the name and location of the occupational therapy program the applicant completed and a list of all other educational institutions attended;

(iii) the applicant's work history for the six years preceding the application;

(iv) a list of all credentials currently and previously held in Minnesota and other jurisdictions;

(v) a description of any jurisdiction's refusal to credential the applicant;

(vi) a description of all professional disciplinary actions initiated against the applicant in any jurisdiction;

(vii) information on any physical or mental condition or substance use disorder that impairs the person's ability to engage in the practice of occupational therapy with reasonable judgment or safety;

(viii) a description of any misdemeanor or felony charges or convictions;

(ix) a description of any state or federal court order, including a conciliation court judgment or a disciplinary order, related to the individual's occupational therapy practice;

(x) any legal information required under chapter 214;

(xi) either documentation to demonstrate the completion of the required education and examination requirements under section 148.6408, subdivisions 1b and 2, or 148.6410, subdivisions 1b and 2; for applicants for licensure by equivalency under section 148.6412, documentation of current NBCOT certification; for applicants for licensure by reciprocity under section 148.6415, documentation submitted directly by the appropriate commission or government body verifying the license or credential; or verification from the Compact Commission of the applicant's practice status in Compact Commission states;

(xii) all application fees required by section 148.6445;

(xiii) evidence of completing a criminal background check according to section 214.075; and

(xiv) a signed statement affirming that the information in the application is true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief;

(2) submit additional information as requested by the board; and

(3) submit any additional information required for licensure by equivalency, licensure by reciprocity, licensure by compact privilege, and temporary licensure as specified in sections 148.6408 to 148.6418 and 148.645. An applicant applying under section 148.6418 is exempt from providing documentation related to a criminal background check under clause (1), item (xiii). An applicant applying under section 148.6418, subdivision 4, is exempt from providing documentation related to previously held licenses or credentials under clause (1), item (iv).

(b) The board must not verify the status of an applicant under paragraph (a), clause (1), item (xi), by using another jurisdiction's publicly available website unless the other jurisdiction fails to provide the requested documentation after the applicant provides documentation of making the request.

Subd. 2.

MS 2024 [Repealed, 1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 125]

Subd. 3.

MS 2024 [Repealed, 1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 125]

Subd. 4.

MS 2024 [Repealed, 1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 125]

Subd. 5.Action on applications for licensure.

(a) The board shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny licensure. The board shall act on an application for licensure according to paragraphs (b) to (d).

(b) The board shall determine if the applicant meets the requirements for licensure. The board may investigate information provided by an applicant to determine whether the information is accurate and complete.

(c) The board shall notify an applicant of action taken on the application and, if licensure is denied or approved with conditions, the grounds for the board's determination.

(d) An applicant denied licensure or granted licensure with conditions may make a written request to the board, within 30 days of the date of the board's determination, for reconsideration of the board's determination. Individuals requesting reconsideration may submit information which the applicant wants considered in the reconsideration. After reconsideration of the board's determination to deny licensure or grant licensure with conditions, the board shall determine whether the original determination should be affirmed or modified. An applicant is allowed no more than one request in any one biennial licensure period for reconsideration of the board's determination to deny licensure or approve licensure with conditions.

History:

2000 c 361 s 11; 2001 c 7 s 37,38; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 11 s 17-19; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 48; 2020 c 79 art 2 s 12-14; 2022 c 98 art 4 s 51; 1Sp2025 c 3 art 3 s 47