Requirements:

Requirements: 1. Regulations set the requirement of 20 contact hours (CH) or 2 Continuing Education Units (CEU) to be accrued during the licensure period. No carryover of continuing education hours from one licensure period to another shall be allowed. Minimum requirements shall be: a. Thirteen (13) hours are required to be live face-to-face training (i.e., no non-live internet training, video training, television training, etc.) Live webinars will be accepted, but the certificate must specify the CEU was provided in a live format. At least six (6) of the thirteen (13) required CEU live face-to face training hours must be directly related to the clinical practice of occupational therapy. b. Two (2) contact hours of an ethic courses(s) related to the practice of occupational therapy shall be required during each licensure period. Ethi8cs training may be live face-to-face or non-live training. The hours awarded shall e included in the hours allowed for the type of training selected. If received in a non-live format, this will count as 2 of the 7 allowed non- live total hours. If received in a live face-to-face format, this will count as 2 of the 13 required live hours. If the NBCOT certificate is submitted, the ethic 2-hour requirement must be submitted in addition to the NBCOT certificate. i. Ethics course include those that involve: moral philosophy, bias, professional conduct, integrity in practice, moral decision making, practice standards, value-based practice, professional responsibility, standards of practice, etc. c. Of the remaining required CEU hours, seven (7) may be non-live face-to-face training or non- live training may include home study courses, video, internet, non-live webinars, etc. Two (2) contact hours of an ethics course specifically related to the practice of occupational therapy shall be required during each licensure period. Ethics training may be live face-to-face training or non-live training. The hours awarded shall be included in the hours allowed for the type of training selected. d. All training shall be from approved sources as listed in Rule 8.74. 2. Individuals may choose to renew licensure by submitting proof of the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)’s certification in lieu of continuing education certificates with the exception of the 2 hours of ethic requirement. NBCOT certification must be current and active at the time of licensure renewal. All NBCOT hours can be obtained online as approved by NBCOT. 3. Individuals applying for initial licensure within a licensing term must accrue continuing education hours on a prorated scale. Written notification of required hours will be sent to the applicant at the time of licensure. 4. Persons who fail to accrue the required continuing education hours shall be issued a CE probationary license for the licensure term. Failure to accrue the required hours during the CE probationary period will result in the revocation of the license. Hours accrued are first credited for the delinquent hours lacking from the previous licensure period, and then applied to the current (CE probationary) licensing period. 5. CE probationary licenses will be issued for one licensure term only. No ensuing license may be CE probationary as a result of not meeting continuing education requirements.