6309.1 Reactivation shall apply to persons who are in inactive status.

6309.2 An applicant for reactivation of an occupational therapy or occupational therapy assistant license that has been inactive five (5) years or less who does not hold a license in any other jurisdiction, shall submit proof pursuant to §6307 of having completed twelve (12) contact hours in clinical coursework in an approved continuing education program for each year that the applicant was not licensed, up to a maximum of sixty (60) hours.

6309.3 An applicant for reactivation of an occupational therapy license that has been inactive for more than 5 (five) years, who does not hold an active license in any other jurisdiction, shall submit proof pursuant to § 6307 of having completed the following:

1. (a) Twelve (12) contact hours in clinical coursework in an approved continuing competence program for each year that the applicant was not licensed, up to a maximum of sixty (60) hours. Twenty-four (24) of those contact hours shall have been completed within two (2) years prior to the date the application is submitted; and
2. (b) One hundred sixty (160) hours of supervised clinical training by a licensed occupational therapist within the two (2) months prior to the date the application is submitted.

6309.4 An applicant for reactivation of a license to practice as an occupational therapy assistant that has been inactive for more than five (5) years, who does not hold an active license in any other jurisdiction, shall submit proof pursuant to § 6307 of having completed the following:

1. (a) Six (6) contact hours in an approved continuing education program for each year that the applicant was not licensed, up to a maximum of thirty (30) hours. Twelve (12) contact hours within two (2) years prior to the date the application is submitted; and
2. (b) One hundred sixty (160) hours of supervised clinical training within the two (2) months prior to the date the application is submitted.

6309.5 An applicant for reactivation of an occupational therapy license who holds an active license in any other jurisdiction shall not be required to submit proof of continuing education contact hours with the application.

6309.6 An applicant for reactivation of an occupational therapy assistant license

who holds an active license in any other jurisdiction shall not be required to submit proof of continuing education contact hours with the application.

6309.7 An applicant for reactivation of an occupational therapy or occupational therapy assistant license whose license has been inactive for less than five (5) years and who holds a license in another jurisdiction shall not be required to submit proof of continuing education contact hours with the application.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 4551 (June 9, 2006); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3133, 3137 (April 20, 2012).