(a) A limited permit may be issued by the board to an applicant who has applied for a license under § 63-13-202, has successfully completed the educational and field experience requirements of § 63-13-202(2) and (3) and is scheduled to take the examination required by § 63-13-202(4).
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-13-205
Board: means : (A) As used in part 2 of this chapter, the board of occupational therapy. See Tennessee Code 63-13-103
Occupational therapist: means a person licensed to engage in occupational therapy practice under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 63-13-103
Occupational therapy practice: includes , but is not limited to: (i) Screening, evaluation, assessment, planning, implementation, or discharge planning in order to determine an occupational therapy treatment diagnosis, prognosis, plan of therapeutic intervention, or discharge plan, or to assess the ongoing effect of intervention. See Tennessee Code 63-13-103
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) An applicant who has received a limited permit shall take the examination within ninety (90) days of the date the applicant received the limited permit. If the applicant does not take the examination within that ninety-day period, the limited permit expires at the end of the ninety-day period.(c) If an applicant fails the examination, the applicant’s limited permit expires upon the board’s receipt of notice that the applicant failed the examination.(d) If an applicant passes the examination, the applicant’s limited permit remains effective until the board grants or denies a license to the applicant.(e) An applicant may obtain a limited permit only once.(f) A limited permit allows an applicant to engage in occupational therapy practice under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist.(g) The board shall adopt rules governing the supervision of persons to whom a limited permit has been issued. The rules shall address, at a minimum, initial and periodic inspections, written evaluations, written treatment plans, patient notes and periodic evaluation of performance.
