{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-7904-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 7904-a","heading":"Requirements for license as an occupational therapy assistant","body":"§ 7904-a. Requirements for license as an occupational therapy\nassistant. To qualify for a license as an occupational therapy assistant\nan applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n  (a) file an application with the department;\n  (b) have received an education as follows: completion of at least a\ntwo-year associate degree program for occupational therapy assistants\nregistered by the department or accredited by a national accreditation\nagency which is satisfactory to the department, or its equivalent, as\ndetermined by the department in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\n  (c) have a minimum of sixteen weeks clinical experience satisfactory\nto the state board for occupational therapy and in accordance with\nstandards established by a national accreditation agency which is\nsatisfactory to the department;\n  (d) be at least eighteen years of age;\n  (e) be of good moral character as determined by the department;\n  (f) pay a fee for an initial license and a fee for each triennial\nregistration period that shall be one-half of the fee for initial\nlicense and for each triennial registration period established for\noccupational therapists; and\n  (g) except as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section\nseventy-nine hundred seven of this article, pass an examination\nacceptable to the department.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 156. Occupational Therapy"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/7904-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"cf100c7d99107f1fca2377ac8fada5b3b57a523dcb1794ea51c29972ec339d6b","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-7904","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-7905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}