(1) A person who on the effective date of this article:\n(a) submits evidence of a minimum of three years experience with training satisfactory to the board in occupational therapy and in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner; or\n(b) a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent in occupational therapy, shall be licensed upon the filing of an application with the department within six months of the effective date of this article.\n(2) A person who on the effective date of chapter four hundred sixty of the laws of two thousand eleven which added this subdivision has a current registration with the department as an occupational therapy assistant, if such person meets the requirements for a license established within this article, except for examination, the department shall issue a license without examination.
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