California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 39 - Board of Occupational Therapy
Article 3 - License and Limited Permit
Section 4123 - Limited Permit

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 4123

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) To qualify for a limited permit, a person must have applied to the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) to take the licensing examination within four (4) months of completing the education and fieldwork requirements for licensure or certification and request NBCOT provide their examination score report be forwarded to the Board.

(1) Upon receipt from NBCOT, the applicant must forward to the Board a copy of the Authorization to Test (ATT) letter.

(2) The applicant must provide documentation or other evidence to the Board, to prove that the applicant requested their examination score be sent from NBCOT to the Board, before a limited permit may be issued.

(3) A limited permit shall only be valid for three (3) months from the date of issuance by the Board, upon receipt of a failing result, or two (2) weeks following the expiration of the applicants' eligibility to test period, whichever occurs first.

(4) The limited permit holder must immediately notify the Board of the results of the examination.

(5) The limited permit holder must provide to the Board the name, address and telephone number of his or her employer and the name and license number of his or her supervising occupational therapist (OT). Any change of employer or supervising OT must be provided to the Board, in writing, within five (5) days of the change.

(b) A limited permit shall not be denied to an applicant that has completed the fingerprint, education, and examination requirements, yet is unable to provide transcripts due to the college or university's inability to make the transcripts available to the student or the Board in a timely manner. A limited permit issued pursuant to this section shall only be valid for three (3) months from the date of issuance by the Board.

(c) The limited permit will be cancelled, and the fee forfeited, upon notification to the Board or the limited permit holder by the test administrator that the holder failed to pass the first examination.

1. New section filed 12-20-2004; operative 1-19-2005 (Register 2004, No. 52).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(2), new subsection (a)(4), repealer of subsection (b) and subsection relettering filed 4-10-2008; operative 5-10-2008 (Register 2008, No. 15).
3. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (a)(2) and subsection renumbering filed 3-14-2011; operative 4-13-2011 (Register 2011, No. 11).
4. Amendment of subsection (a)(5), new subsection (b) and subsection relettering filed 10-20-2014; operative 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 43).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 2570.5 and 2570.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 2570.5, 2570.6, 2570.7, 2570.9, 2570.16 and 2570.26, Business and Professions Code; and Sections 4100, 4102, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4114, 4120 and 4130, California Code of Regulations.

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