Qualifications for Licensure; Occupational Therapist

(a)Educational Requirements. Applicants shall present satisfactory evidence to the Board of having successfully completed academic and fieldwork experience requirements in an occupational therapy educational program recognized by the Board. The occupational therapy educational program shall be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association or the current governing board. The applicant must also:

(1)possess at least a bachelor’s degree or certificate in occupational therapy from the U.S. or from a foreign program recognized by the NBCOT; and

(2)submit transcripts from an approved school of occupational therapy in the U.S., or from a foreign program recognized by the NBCOT, unless already submitted to a government of Guam health agency.

(b)Fieldwork Experience. Applicants shall submit to the Board evidence of having successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience arranged by the recognized educational institution or by the nationally recognized professional association where the applicant has met the academic requirements. Occupational therapists must have a minimum of six

(6)months or nine hundred forty

(940)hours of supervised fieldwork experience.