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148.6412 LICENSURE BY EQUIVALENCY.
    Subdivision 1. Persons certified by National Board for Certification in Occupational
Therapy before June 17, 1996. Persons certified by the National Board for Certification in
Occupational Therapy as an occupational therapist before June 17, 1996, may apply for licensure
by equivalency for occupational therapist. Persons certified by the National Board for Certification
in Occupational Therapy as an occupational therapy assistant before June 17, 1996, may apply
for licensure by equivalency for occupational therapy assistant.
    Subd. 2. Persons certified by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
after June 17, 1996. The commissioner may license any person certified by the National Board
for Certification in Occupational Therapy as an occupational therapist after June 17, 1996, if
the commissioner determines the requirements for certification are equivalent to or exceed the
requirements for licensure as an occupational therapist under section 148.6408. The commissioner
may license any person certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
as an occupational therapy assistant after June 17, 1996, if the commissioner determines the
requirements for certification are equivalent to or exceed the requirements for licensure as
an occupational therapy assistant under section 148.6410. Nothing in this section limits the
commissioner's authority to deny licensure based upon the grounds for discipline in sections
148.6401 to 148.6450.
    Subd. 3. Application procedures. Applicants for licensure by equivalency must provide:
(1) the application materials as required by section 148.6420, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; and
(2) the fees required by section 148.6445.
History: 2000 c 361 s 8

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