(a) The Board may only issue a temporary license to an applicant who is taking the NBCOT certification examination for the first time.
(b) Temporary Licensure is not available to applicants who have received a license in any state or territory of the U.S. as an occupational therapy practitioner or to applicants applying from the U.S. military or a non-licensing state or territory of the U.S. who have had occupational therapy employment for at least two years preceding application for a Texas license, unless it was as an occupational therapy assistant, and they now meet the requirements for a temporary license as an occupational therapist, or it was as an occupational therapist, and they now meet the requirements for a temporary license as an occupational therapy assistant. In this section, "occupational therapy practitioner" means an individual licensed as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in any state or territory of the U.S.
(c) To be issued a temporary license, the applicant must:
  (1) meet all provisions of §364.1 of this title (relating to Requirements for a License);
  (2) meet all provisions of §364.2 of this title (relating to License by Examination);
  (3) submit the Confirmation of Examination Registration and Eligibility to Examine form from NBCOT, which must be sent directly to the Board by NBCOT and which reflects the eligibility window in which the applicant will take the examination;
  (4) submit a copy of the receipt showing that an NBCOT score report has been ordered for the Board;
  (5) submit a signed verification of supervision on a form prescribed by the Board; and
  (6) send the Board the non-refundable temporary license fee as set by the Executive Council.
(d) If the applicant fails the examination, fails to take the examination during the eligibility window as stated on the Confirmation of Examination Registration and Eligibility to Examine form from NBCOT, or fails to have the score reported, the temporary license is void and must be returned to the Board.
(e) An additional temporary license will not be issued.
(f) A temporary license shall be valid no longer than 180 days.

Source Note: The provisions of this §364.3 adopted to be effective February 12, 2001, 26 TexReg 1347; amended to be effective July 22, 2001, 26 TexReg 5440; amended to be effective July 22, 2002, 27 TexReg 6545; amended to be effective September 7, 2009, 34 TexReg 6123; amended to be effective January 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 68; amended to be effective June 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 3197; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8664; amended to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5660