SECTION 435:70-3-3. Application for licensure/renewal of license - procedures

(a)   The Board directs staff to prepare and create new forms or modify existing forms to be used in the application process for licensure and renewal of license. Application forms shall require applicants to submit all information required by the Act.

(b)   The application and forms shall be submitted to the Board accompanied by fees as set by the Board. Any incomplete or missing information, documentation or fees shall render the application incomplete. No license shall be issued unless all application requirements have been met. Incomplete applications will be considered abandoned after one year.

(c)   Any applicable fees paid shall not be refunded. The applicant shall be forthright and open in the provision of information to the Board in the application process. The Board may deny a license to any applicant who does not provide the Board with complete, open and honest responses to all requests for information.

(d)   A Committee member or Board member, based on any response to any question or request for information on the application form, may request an applicant to provide any additional information that the Board member feels is necessary or useful to determine the applicant's ability to practice as a therapeutic recreation specialist.

(e)   The Board may require a criminal background check on all applicants for licensure. The fee shall be paid by the applicant.

(f)   Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or procuring a license or in connection with applying for or procuring renewal of a license may be grounds for denial or revocation by the Board.

(g)   No person shall be licensed by the Board unless and until that person first fully complies with all licensure provisions of the Act and has satisfied the Board of the ability of that person to practice therapeutic recreation with reasonable skill and safety.

[Source: Added at 28 Ok Reg 278, eff 11-3-10 (emergency); Added at 28 Ok Reg 1754, eff 6-25-11]