Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-888.8: Waiver of examination, education or experience

requirements.

A. The Board shall waive the examination and grant a license to

any person certified prior to the effective date of this act as an

occupational therapist registered (O.T.R.) or a certified

occupational therapy assistant (C.O.T.A.) by the American

Occupational Therapy Association. The Board may waive the

examination, education, or experience requirements and grant a

license to any person so certified after the effective date of this

act if the Board considers the requirements for such certification

to be at least equivalent to the requirements for licensure in this

act.

B. The Board may waive the examination, education, or

experience requirements and grant a license to any applicant who

shall present proof of current licensure as an occupational

therapist or occupational therapy assistant in another state, the

District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which

requires standards of licensure considered by the Board to be at

least equivalent to the requirements for licensure in this act.

C. An applicant may be licensed as an occupational therapist if

he has first practiced as an occupational therapy assistant for four

(4) years and has completed the requirements of paragraph 4 of

Section 6 of this act before January 1, 1988, and has passed the

examination for occupational therapist.