| Alabama | OT 15 contact hours a year (30 biennially), OTA 10 (20)
Annual or biennial renewal | 10 hours with each renewal; 12 for Direct Access
Each renewal | 12 hours, at least 10 in the area of licensure
Every year |
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| California | 24 PDUs, half directly related to OT services; up to 6 may carry over
Biennial renewal period | 30 hours: 4 basic life support, 2 ethics and laws, 24 other
Two years before expiration | 24 hours (12 for the first renewal), with self-study and indirect-care limits
2 years |
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| Colorado | 24 PDA from at least 2 categories, no more than 12 in one
2-year license period | PT 30 PDA, at least 20 in coursework, fellowships, or residencies; PTA 20, at least 15
2-year license or certification period | 10 professional development activities (clock hours) in 2 or more categories
Each certification period (length not stated on the page read) |
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| Delaware | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 30 hours
Two-year renewal period ending July 31 of odd years |
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| Florida | 26 hours: 22 general, 2 on medical errors, 2 on Florida laws and rules; at least 14 live
Biennium | 24 contact hours, including 2 on prevention of medical errors
Biennium | 30 hours: 18 clinically related, 10 non-clinical, 2 on medical errors
Biennial |
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| Idaho | 10 hours of germane continuing education each year
Each year of the renewal cycle | 32 contact hours
Every two years | 10 contact hours
12 months before each renewal |
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| Illinois | 24 contact hours, including 1 each on ethics, sexual harassment prevention, and implicit bias
24-month prerenewal period | PT 40 hours, PTA 20, at least 3 on ethics including jurisprudence
24-month prerenewal period | 20 hours, at least 1 on ethics
2-year licensing cycle |
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| Indiana | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 36 hours, no more than 6 by self-study
Two-year renewal cycle |
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| Iowa | OT 30 hours, OTA 15; up to half may carry over
Two-year birth-month compliance period | PT 40 hours, PTA 20; up to half may carry over
Two-year birth-month compliance period | 26 hours (up to 13 may carry over)
Biennium |
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| Kentucky | 12 CCUs; no carryover
Annual | PT 30 contact hours, PTA 20, including 2 for the Jurisprudence Examination
Biennium | 30 hours, 2 on ethics
Biennial |
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| Louisiana | 14 contact hours, including ethics and a laws and rules course
Annual | 30 hours, including 2 jurisprudence and 2 ethics; no carryover
Biennial renewal period | 10 clock hours, at least 5 in scope of practice
July 1 to June 30 license period |
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| Maryland | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 30 CEUs, at least 20 in the area of licensure, with cultural competency and ethics
2-year renewal period |
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| Massachusetts | 24 points, 2 in ethics or Massachusetts law
Biennial | 24 points, 2 in ethics or Massachusetts law
Biennial | 20 hours, at least 10 in the area of licensure
Every two years |
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| Michigan | Not on this site yet | PT 36 PDR credits, PTA 24, including 1 in pain and symptom management
3 years before expiration | 20 CPD hours, at least 1 in pain and symptom management
2 years |
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| Minnesota | OT 24 contact hours; OTA 18
Two-year licensure period | 20 contact hours, 2 in ethics
Two-year cycle | Minimum 30 contact hours (or ASHA’s requirements)
Two years |
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| Missouri | 24 continuing competency credits; records kept 2 years
Each renewal | 30 hours for PTs and PTAs
Biennial, reported in even-numbered years | 30 hours; no carryover
Biennial; licenses expire in odd-numbered years |
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| Nebraska | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 20 hours
24 months; licenses expire in even-numbered years |
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| Nevada | 24 hours; up to 10 may carry over; jurisprudence exam every 5 years
Biennial renewal cycle | 1.5 units (15 hours) of approved courses, no more than 0.8 units nonclinical
Each annual renewal | 10 hours, at least 1 on ethics or cultural competence
One-year license |
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| New Hampshire | 24 contact hours, at least half clinical
Biennium | Not on this site yet | 30 hours, at least 15 clinical
2 years |
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| New Mexico | 15 contact hours; up to 15 may carry over
Annual licensing year | 30 hours; none at first renewal; no carryover
Biennial | 20 hours
Every two years |
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| New York | 36 hours, at least 24 in professional subjects
3-year registration cycle | 36 hours of approved continuing education
Three-year registration period | 30 hours of continuing competency, at least 20 in a professional area
Three-year registration cycle |
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| North Carolina | 15 CCA points, including 1 in ethics
Annual renewal | Not on this site yet | 30 CEU hours
Three-year cycle |
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| North Dakota | 20 contact hours
Biennial, in even-numbered years | 25 units; no carryover
Every two years | 10 clock hours a year
Annual |
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| Ohio | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 20 hours, 10 specific to SLP practice, at least 2 on ethics
Two-year licensure period |
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| Oklahoma | 20 contact hours every 2 years; AOTA and OOTA programs accepted
Annual renewal; hours counted over two years | PT 40 hours, PTA 30; 3 in ethics; no carryover
Every two years | 20 clock hours, at least 3 on professional ethics
Two-year period |
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| Oregon | 30 points, plus 1 hour of cultural competency and the OHA pain management module
Two years before renewal | Not on this site yet | 20 hours, 1 in cultural competency
Two-year professional development period |
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| Pennsylvania | 24 contact hours, including 2 on child abuse recognition and reporting
Biennial period | PT and PTA 30 contact hours, including 2 on law or ethics and 2 on child abuse recognition; PTAs also 4 on emergency health conditions
Biennial renewal period | 20 clock hours, including 2 on child abuse recognition and reporting
Biennial |
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| Rhode Island | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 20 clock hours; no carryover
Two years; renews in even-numbered years |
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| South Carolina | 16 hours per biennium; NBCOT certification required
Up to two years | 30 hours, at least 15 certified, including 3 on ethics or professionalism
Biennial | 16 hours, at least half on clinical practice
Biennial license period |
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| South Dakota | 12 points a year; NBCOT certification meets it
Annual | 30 hours
Two-year license period | 20 credit hours (2.0 units)
Two-year renewal period |
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| Tennessee | 24 credits, 12 in OT service delivery; up to 4 may carry over
24 months before the renewal month | 30 hours, at least 20 Class I, 4 in ethics and jurisprudence
24 months before the renewal month | 10 hours, 5 in the area of practice
Each calendar year |
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| Texas | 24 contact hours, including an HHSC-approved human trafficking course
Every two years, by the end of the birth month | PT 30 CCUs, PTA 20, including the Jurisprudence Assessment Module and human trafficking training
Two-year renewal cycle | 20 clock hours, 2 in ethics
License term 2 years |
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| Utah | 24 hours, at least 2 on legal and ethical principles
Expires in odd-numbered years | PT 40 contact hours, PTA 20, at least 2 on ethics
Expires in odd-numbered years | 20 hours of continuing professional education
Two-year renewal cycle |
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| Virginia | At least 10 contact hours
Biennial renewal | 30 contact hours (PT: at least 20 Type 1; PTA: at least 15 Type 1)
Two years before biennial renewal | At least 10 hours
Each year |
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| Washington | 24 hours, at least 20 directly related to OT, plus suicide assessment and health equity training
Every two years | PT 32 hours, PTA 24 hours, including 2 on health equity
Every two years | Minimum 30 hours in set topics
Every three years |
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| West Virginia | Not on this site yet | Not on this site yet | 20 clock hours, including 2 on ethics; up to 6 may carry forward
Two-year period; licenses expire at the end of even-numbered years |
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| Wisconsin | 24 points, at least 12 through professional development activities
Biennial renewal | PT 30 hours, PTA 20, including 4 on ethics or jurisprudence
Biennial registration period | 20 hours, at least 2 on ethics
Biennial |
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