New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Rec - Advisory Board of Recreational Therapists
Chapter Rec 300 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
Part Rec 302 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Section Rec 302.01 - Processing of Applications for Initial Licensure

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Rec 302.01

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

(a) Applicants who wish to apply for initial licensure as a recreational therapist shall do so by submitting, or arranging for the submission of, each of the following components of the application packet:

(1) An application form provided by the board that contains the information specified by Rec 302.02;

(2) The required documents specified by Rec 302.04;

(3) The non-refundable application processing fee specified by Ahp 301.02(a); and

(4) The initial license fee specified by Ahp 301.02(a).

(b) If the board, after receiving and reviewing a completed application form complying with Rec 302.02, requires further information or documents to determine the applicant's qualification for licensure, the board shall:

(1) So notify the applicant in writing within 60 days; and

(2) Specify the information or documents it requires.

(c) An application shall be considered to be completed on the first date that the board has received:

(1) The completed application packet described in (a) above; and

(2) Any additional information or documents which may have been requested pursuant to (b) above.

(d) The application shall be denied if the application is not complete within 54 weeks of the receipt by the board of the application-form part of the application packet.

(e) The board shall issue written approval or denial of an application within 120 days of the date that the application is complete.

(f) The board shall refund the license fee, but not the application processing fee, if:

(1) The applicant withdraws the application;

(2) The application is not completed within 54 weeks of receipt by the board of the application-form part of the application packet; or

(3) The board denies the application in conformance with the rules of this chapter.

(g) Any applicant wishing to challenge the board's denial of an application for initial licensure shall:

(1) Make a written request for a hearing of the applicant's challenge; and

(2) Submit this request to the board:
a. Within 60 days of the board's notification of denial; or

b. If the applicant is on active military duty outside the United States, within 60 days of the applicant's return to the United States or release from duty, whichever occurs later.

#9038, eff 11-28-07; ss by #9446, eff 4-7-09

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