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2008 SESSION

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SB 134 Occupational therapy assistants; licensing and regulation.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Occupational therapy assistants; licensing and regulation.  Requires occupational therapy assistants to be licensed by the Board of Medicine. However, a person who has graduated from a duly accredited occupational therapy assistant education program may practice with the title "Occupational Therapy Assistant, License Applicant" or "O.T.A., Applicant" until he has taken and received the results of any examination required by the Board or until six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. This bill is identical to HB 383 (O'Bannon).

FULL TEXT

• 01/03/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084492244  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB134ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/03/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084492244
• 01/03/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/16/08  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 01/24/08  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/08  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/29/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/19/08  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/08  House: Read second time
• 02/21/08  House: Read third time
• 02/21/08  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/25/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB134ER)
• 02/25/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/26/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)