New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 44H - ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Subchapter 3 - CREDENTIALS REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE; TEMPORARY LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS; LICENSURE WITHOUT EXAMINATION; ORTHOTISTS AND PROSTHETISTS
Section 13:44H-3.8 - Biennial renewal of licenses

(a) Licenses shall be renewed biennially on a form provided by the Board. Each applicant shall attest that the continuing education requirements of 13:44H-6.3 have been completed during the prior biennial period.

(b) The Board shall send a notice of renewal to each licensee, at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the license. If the notice to renew is not sent at least 60 days prior to the expiration date, no monetary penalties or fines shall apply to the holder for any unlicensed practice during the period following the licensure expiration, not to exceed the number of days short of the 60 before the renewals were issued.

(c) The licensee shall submit the renewal application and pay the renewal fee pursuant to 13:44H-10.1 prior to the date of expiration of the license. If the licensee does not renew the license prior to its expiration date, the licensee may renew it no later than 30 days after its expiration date by submitting a renewal application and paying a renewal fee and a late fee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:44H-10.1. A licensee who fails to renew the license within 30 days after the expiration date of the license shall be suspended without a hearing.

(d) Individuals who continue to practice or hold themselves out as licensed after being suspended shall be deemed to have violated 45:12B-17, even if no notice of suspension had been provided to the person.

(e) A person seeking reinstatement within five years following the suspension of a license under (c) above shall submit the following to the Board:

(f) A person seeking reinstatement after more than five years following the suspension of a license under (c) above shall satisfy the requirements of (e) above and shall successfully complete the examination required for initial licensure as set forth in 13:44H-3.1(a).

(g) Renewal applications for all licenses shall provide the licensee with the option of either active or inactive renewal. Licensees electing to renew as inactive shall not hold themselves out to the public or practice as licensees.

(h) A licensee who elected inactive status and has been on inactive status for five years or less may be reinstated by the Board upon completion of the following:

(i) A licensee who has been on inactive status for more than five years who wishes to return to the practice of orthotics, prosthetics or prosthetic-orthotics shall satisfy the requirements of (h) above and shall successfully complete the examination required for initial licensure as set forth in 13:44H-3.1(a).