Applicants for initial licensure as a recreational therapist shall provide, or arrange for the board to receive, the following documents supporting their applications:
(a) A recent passport size, 2" x 2", head-shot photograph;(b) On a separate sheet, a detailed report of the relevant circumstances if any of the answers to questions (f)(1) through (f)(6) on part one of the application form is in the affirmative;(c) On a separate sheet, a detailed report of the relevant circumstances if any of the answers to questions Rec 302.02(i)(1) through Rec 302.02(i)(5) on part 2 of the application form is in the affirmative;(d) A letter sent directly to the board by NCTRC verifying the applicant's current NCTRC certification and the date of expiration of the certificate;(e) A resume presenting a chronologically organized account of the applicant's experience in recreational therapy since the completion of the academic program, including:(1) Each separate experience in paid or volunteer work as:a. A direct care-giver in recreational therapy;b. A recreational therapy educator;c. A recreational therapy administrator;d. A member of a recreational therapy board or committee; ande. A recreational therapy consultant;(2) The time period of each separate experience described by its beginning and ending dates; and(3) The physical address of each experience;(f) Unless the information is available only on a secure website, an official letter of verification sent directly to the board from every jurisdiction which has issued a license or other authorization to practice recreation therapy stating whether:(1) The license or other authorization is or was, during its period of validity, in good standing, and(2) Any disciplinary action was taken against the licensee or other authorization to practice;(g) Official transcripts showing all post-secondary education:(1) Mailed directly to the board by the issuing institution(s); or(2) Submitted by the applicant in one or more envelope(s) sealed by the institution(s) in such a manner that it would be evident to the board if the envelope(s) had been opened; and(h) An original, not a photocopy, of a criminal offender record report:(1) Issued by each state where the applicant has resided or been licensed within the past 6 years, providing that such state will: a. Send the report to the board; orb. To the applicant for forwarding to the board;(2) Covering the applicant under his or her name and any aliases; and(3) Dated within the 6 months preceding the application for licensure.N.H. Admin. Code § Rec 302.04
#9038, eff 11-28-07; ss by #9446, eff 4-7-09; ss by #9970, eff 8-9-11; ss by #10545, eff 3-19-14
The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 37, Number 02, eff. 12/23/2016 is not yet available.