KRS 319A.160: License renewal, reinstatement, restoration, and reissuance -- Inactive

license status -- Change of licensee's name, address, or employment.

(1) Licenses issued under this chapter shall be subject to annual renewal and shall

expire unless renewed upo n the payment of a renewal fee in the manner prescribed

by the rules of the board.

(2) The board may set a required number of continuing education units for license

renewal.

(3) At least thirty (30) days before the renewal date, the board shall mail an app lication

for renewal to every person to whom a license was issued during the current

licensure period.

(4) A sixty (60) day grace period shall be allowed during which time licenses may be

renewed on payment of a late renewal fee as set forth in administrat ive regulations

promulgated by the board.

(5) The board may provide for the late renewal of a license upon the payment of a late

fee in accordance with its rules, but no such renewal of a license may be granted

more than five (5) years after its expiration.

(6) Licenses not renewed in a timely manner or by the end of the grace period shall be

considered expired. Expired licenses may be restored in accordance with the

requirements set forth by the board in administrative regulation. A person who fails

to restore his license within five (5) years after its expiration may not restore it, and

it shall not be restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter. The person may apply for

and obtain a new license if current requirements of this chapter are met.

(7) Any person practicing occupational therapy after the license has expired shall be

considered an illegal practitioner and shall be subject to the penalties provided for

violations of the provisions of this chapter.

(8) A suspended license is subject to expiration and may be restored as provided in this

section, but restoration shall not entitle the licensee, while the license remains

suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other

conduct or activity in violation of the ord er or judgment by which the license was

suspended.

(9) A license revoked on disciplinary grounds is subject to expiration and may not be

renewed. If the license is subsequently reinstated, the licensee, as a condition of

reinstatement shall pay a reinstate ment fee, the renewal fee, and any late fee that

may be applicable.

(10) Upon petition to the board, licensees may be granted inactive license status for a

period of time not to exceed three (3) years. Licensees shall not practice

occupational therapy or a ssist in the practice of occupational therapy while under

inactive status. Inactive licensees may apply for an active license after paying a fee

provided for by administrative regulation of the board.

(11) Each occupational therapist and occupational thera py assistant licensed under this

chapter shall notify the board in writing of any change in the person's name, home

or office address, or employment within thirty (30) days after the change has taken

place.