                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL TO PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WITHOUT LICENSE (§ 54.1-2956.5)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person not holding a current and valid license
from the Board to practice occupational therapy or to claim to be an
occupational therapist or to assume the title &#8220;Occupational
Therapist,&#8221; &#8220;Occupational Therapist, Licensed,&#8221;
&#8220;Licensed Occupational Therapist,&#8221; or any similar term, or to use
the designations &#8220;O.T.&#8221; or &#8220;O.T.L.&#8221; or any variation
thereof. However, a person who has graduated from a duly accredited educational
program in occupational therapy may practice with the title &#8220;Occupational
Therapist, License Applicant&#8221; or &#8220;O.T.L.-Applicant&#8221; until he
has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board or until
six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice as an occupational therapy
assistant as defined in &#xA7; 54.1-2900 or to hold himself out to be or
advertise that he is an occupational therapy assistant or use the designation
&#8220;O.T.A.&#8221; or any variation thereof unless such person holds a current
and valid license from the Board to practice as an occupational therapy
assistant. However, a person who has graduated from a duly accredited
occupational therapy assistant education program may practice with the title
&#8220;Occupational Therapy Assistant, License Applicant&#8221; or
&#8220;O.T.A.-Applicant&#8221; until he has received a failing score on any
examination required by the Board or until six months from the date of
graduation, whichever occurs sooner.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 306; 1998, c. 593; 2000, c. 782; 2004, c. 61; 2008, cc. 64,
89; 2014, c. 252.