The Board may issue a provisional license to a licensee for the sole purpose of seeking reactivation of the license, and a reinstatement fee must be paid to obtain this provisional license. The provisional licensee must be in good standing with NBCOT, and submit a plan of action to the Board on a Board approved form for obtaining the requirements in 94-04 and 94-05 to be completed within one calendar year. All components must be tracked on a Board approved form.

1. (1) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive or lapsed for three (3) years but less than five (5) years may reactivate the license by applying to the Board, demonstrating evidence satisfactory to the Board on a form approved by the Board of two hundred fifty (250) hours of clinical practice under the on-site supervision of an occupational therapist licensed in this state, paying the reactivation fee, and completing sixteen (16) hours of in-person, Board-approved continuing education/competency courses in the area in which the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant intends to practice.
2. (2) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive or lapsed for five (5) years but less than ten (10) years may reactivate the license by applying to the Board, demonstrating evidence satisfactory to the Board of no less than three hundred fifty (350) hours of clinical practice under the on-site supervision of an occupational therapist licensed in this State, paying the reactivation fee, and completing thirty-six (36) hours of in-person, Board-approved continuing education/competency courses in the area in which the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant intends to practice.
3. (3) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive or lapsed for ten (10) years or more may reactivate the license by applying to the Board, demonstrating evidence satisfactory to the Board of no less than five hundred (500) hours of clinical practice under the on-site supervision of an occupational therapist licensed in this State, successfully passing an examination administered or approved by the Board, paying the reactivation fee, and completing fifty (50) hours of in-person, Board-approved continuing education/competency courses in the area in which the occupational therapist or occupational therapist assistant intends to practice.
4. (4) Provisional licenses are not renewable without appearing before the Board.

HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 2000. Amended by State Register Volume 37, Issue No. 6, eff June 28, 2013; SCSR43-5 Doc. No. 4854, eff May 24, 2019.