Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 43 - Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners › Article 2 - LICENSURE › Section R4-43-205 - Procedures for Processing License Applications

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Initial application for a license or
				permit.
1. Within 60 calendar days after
				receipt of an initial application for a license or permit, the Board shall
				perform an administrative completeness review and notify the applicant in
				writing that the application is either complete or incomplete. If the
				application is incomplete, the notice shall specify what documentation or
				information is missing.
2. If the
				Board has notified an applicant that an application is incomplete within the
				60-day administrative completeness review timeframe, the timeframe is suspended
				from the date of the notice.
3. An
				applicant with an incomplete application shall submit all missing documentation
				and information within 60 days from the date of the notice. If the applicant
				fails to do so for an initial license or permit, the Board may close the
				applicant's file. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes
				to become licensed, shall apply anew.
4. Except for a limited permit application,
				an application is not complete until the applicant has fully complied with the
				application requirements of A.R.S Title 32, Chapter 34 and this Article. A
				limited permit application is complete when the Board receives all of the
				information required in
				R4-43-201(D)
				except for the exam score in R4-43-201(C)(2)(a).
5. If an applicant for an initial license or
				permit cannot submit all missing documentation or information within 60 days
				from the date of the notice, the applicant may request an extension by
				submitting a written request to the Board post marked or delivered not later
				than 60 days from the date of the notice. The written request for an extension
				shall explain the reasons for the applicant's inability to meet the 60-day
				deadline.
6. Under A.R.S. §
										32-3403(A),
				the Executive Director's duties shall include review of requests for an
				extension. The Executive Director shall grant an extension request, if the
				extension will enable the applicant to submit the missing documentation or
				information, but shall not grant an extension of more than 60 days. The
				Executive Director shall notify the applicant in writing of the decision to
				grant or deny the request for an extension.
7. If the applicant fails to submit all
				missing documentation and information within the extension period, the Board
				may close the applicant's file. An applicant whose file has been closed and who
				later wishes to become licensed, shall apply anew.
8. After receipt of all missing documentation
				or information within the administrative completeness timeframe specified in
				this Section, the Board shall notify the applicant in writing that the
				application is complete.
9. The
				Board shall perform the substantive review and issue or deny the license or
				permit no later than 60 days after receipt of a complete application. For this
				subsection, the date of receipt is the date of the notice advising the
				applicant that the application is complete.