Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 671-3-.10 - Foreign Applicant. Amended

(1) An applicant for licensure through examination who has graduated from an occupational therapy course or school taught or situated in a foreign country may be admitted to the examination by demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Board that his/her course of training was as high as the standards maintained in Georgia. In ascertaining whether such an applicant meets such standards, the Board shall consider whether the school or course of training has been approved by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board and whether the applicant's credentials have been evaluated and accepted by the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board.

(2) The Board requires that foreign trained applicants must successfully complete the foreign trained occupational therapy practitioner's process as is required to take the board approved examination. The Board approved examination is administered by the NBCOT.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 671-3-.10

O.C.G.A. § § 43-28-7(d), 43-28-9(a), 43-28-10.

Original Rule entitled "Foreign Applicant" was filed on July 15, 1977; effective August 4, 1977. Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. May 18, 1991; eff. June 2, 1991. Amended: New title "Foreign Applicant. Amended." F. June 1, 2017; eff. June 21, 2017.