Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3009 – A. The board shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this Chapter upon payment of the license fee fixed by the board.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3009
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Association: means the Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
- Occupational therapist: means a person who is certified as an occupational therapist, registered (OTR) by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
- Occupational therapy: means the application of any activity in which one engages for the purposes of evaluation, interpretation, treatment planning, and treatment of problems interfering with functional performance in persons impaired by physical illness or injury, emotional disorders, congenital or developmental disabilities, or the aging process, in order to achieve optimum functioning and prevention and health maintenance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
- Person: means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3003
A. The board shall issue a license to any person who meets the requirements of this Chapter upon payment of the license fee fixed by the board.
B. Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapist under the terms of this Chapter may use the words “occupational therapist”, “licensed occupational therapist”, or he may use the letters “LOT”, “OT” in connection with his name or place of business to denote his licensure. In addition, any person certified or registered by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., may use the words “licensed occupational therapist, registered” or “occupational therapist, registered” or “LOTR” or “OTR”.
C. Any person who is issued a license as an occupational therapy assistant under the terms of this Chapter may use the words “occupational therapy assistant”, “licensed occupational therapy assistant”, or he may use the letters “OTA” or “LOTA” in connection with his name or place of business to denote his licensure. In addition, any person certified as an assistant by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., may use the designation “licensed certified occupational therapy assistant” or “LCOTA” or “certified occupational therapy assistant” or “COTA”.
D. The board shall establish policies which allow for a challenge of denial of license. This challenge shall be heard in an open hearing in accordance with due process.
E. The board shall issue a temporary license to practice occupational therapy to persons who have completed academic supervised field work experience requirements specified under La. Rev. Stat. 37:3006(2) and are waiting examination. The temporary license shall be valid until the date on which the results of the qualifying examination have been known and acted upon by the board. This temporary license shall be renewable only once, if the applicant has not passed the examination or if the applicant has failed to take the qualifying examination. Exceptions to the one extension rule can be given at the discretion of the board based upon an appeal identifying extenuating circumstances.
Acts 1979, No. 566, §1; Acts 2023, No. 263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.