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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.454 Ratification Number:64 Act Number:29 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990203 Primary Sponsor:Land All Sponsors:Land Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7133ac99.doc Companion Bill Number:3427 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990512 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19990601 Subject:Occupational therapists, requirements revised for reinstatement of inactive licenses; Occupational Therapy History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990618 Act No. A29 ------ 19990601 Signed by Governor ------ 19990526 Ratified R64 House 19990512 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19990511 Read second time House 19990505 Committee report: Favorable 27 H3M House 19990318 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Senate 19990317 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19990316 Read second time Senate 19990311 Committee report: Favorable 26 HLCI Senate 19990203 Introduced, read first time, 12 SLCI referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on March 11, 1999 - Word format Revised on May 5, 1999 - Word format
(A29, R64, S454)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-36-260, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO CLARIFY AND REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF INACTIVE LICENSES IN THE PRACTICE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Reinstatement of inactive license
SECTION 1. Section 40-36-260(G) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 356 of 1998, is amended to read:
"(G) An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive for fewer than three years may reactivate the license by applying to the board, submitting proof of completion of eight hours of continuing education for each year the license has been inactive, and paying the reactivation fee provided for in regulation.
An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive for three years or more shall complete, as provided for in regulation:
(1) supervised contact hours;
(2) additional education; and
(3) if necessary, an examination.
An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive for fewer than three years and who has active status outside of this State may reinstate the license by submitting proof of completion of eight hours of continuing education for each year the license has lapsed, official verification of all current licenses, and the reactivation fee provided for in regulation.
An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant whose license has been inactive for three years or more and who has active status outside of this State may reinstate the license by submitting evidence satisfactory to the board of not less than one thousand hours of out-of-state employment within the last year, official verification of all current licenses, and the reactivation fee provided for in regulation."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 26th day of May, 1999.
Approved the 1st day of June, 1999.
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