If you obtained your occupational therapy license in the state of Idaho, you will need to earn continuing education units at required intervals in order to maintain your license. To help, I’m going to walk you through the steps I take to maintain my own occupational therapy license (and easily earn CEUs).
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Step 1: Look up your OT/OTA license.
To begin the process, I always double-check that my license is displaying correctly. You can look up your Idaho occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Idaho OT continuing education requirements.
It’s always good to double check for any updates to your 2025 licensing cycle. (One year, I completed ALL of my state of Nebraska requirements only to find out that they were waived due to COVID. 😭)
But, to get you going here is the information I found, with links to where I found it.
Here are the basic OT/OTA CEU requirements in Idaho:
Due at time of license renewal, every year on the licensee’s birthday.
How many hours are required?
- OTs and OTAs need 10 hours of continuing education annually
Required topics:
- Continuing education hours must relate to the practice of occupational therapy and other areas of your practice
- A certificate or documentation of attendance is required for each activity
- Continuing education activities do not need to be pre-approved by the Idaho OT board
Verify here: Idaho DOPL OT Statutes, Rules and Guidance
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Idaho:
These were copied from the Idaho OT Licensure Board Continuing Education Requirements Guidance Document
State of Idaho
Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
State Occupational Therapy Licensure Board
2024 Continuing Education Guidance Document
Continuing Education Requirements: Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
must complete ten (10) hours of germane continuing education during the licensee’s renewal cycle.
Unless otherwise noted, one (1) contact hour equals one (1) clock hour of continuing education.
Documentation of Attendance: Licensees must maintain documentation verifying completion or
attendance of CE activities for four (4) years from the date of CE completion. A percentage of
occupational therapists and certified occupational therapy assistants will be audited every year.
Example: If you completed 20 CE hours during the renewal cycle, you should maintain documentation
of CE completed in 2023 until 2027 or CE completed in 2024 until 2028.
Attestation: As part of the annual license renewal process, the licensee must attest that the licensee has
met the CE requirement. Documentation of CE will not be required to renew. If chosen for audit, the
Board will request documentation of completion.
General Documentation Requirements:
- Licensee’s name
- Date of activity or date of completion
- Provider name
- Course title
- Description of course/activity
- Number of contact hours.
Recommended Sources of Continuing Education Credit: Courses of study germane to the practice of
occupational therapy provided or sponsored by the American Occupational Therapy Association
(AOTA), the Idaho Occupational Therapy Association (IOTA), or the National Board for Certification
in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT); post-professional coursework completed through any approved or
accredited educational institution. Or the programs and activities that meet all of the following criteria:
- Contributes directly to professional knowledge, skill, and ability;
- Relates directly to the practice of occupational therapy; and
- Must be objectively measurable in terms of the hours involved.
Read the full guidance document here.
Step 3: Earn your CEU hours (discounts below)!
Ok, now that you know your requirements, it is time to start earning those CEUs! There are of course a lot of options out there, but we hope you consider checking out the courses offered by OT Potential.
Do OT Potential courses count toward the continuing education required to renew my license?
Yes! You can easily earn all of your Idaho OT continuing education hours through OT Potential!
Our CEU courses and monthly live webinars are AOTA approved and part of the Idaho OT Association’s OT Potential Association Affiliate Program!
Where can Idaho OT professionals get the best deals on CEUs?
At OT Potential, our courses are all built around helping you get new evidence into practice.
But, what good is evidence-based practice, if you are not reimbursed appropriately for it? Our local associations do SUCH important advocacy work, when it comes to reimbursement and scope of practice. That’s why we’ve made it part of our mission to support these associations.
So, we have this win-win proposition for you. Join OT Potential using the promo code “Idaho” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to IOTA.
👍 Price of OT Potential with your Idaho discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
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And, the best part is if you decide to renew, it will be at your discounted price. AND, we’ll make another donation to IOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn all of your required Idaho OT CEUs, and you can feel good doing it because you are giving back to your state association ❤️.
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Step 4: Renew your license. 🎉
Ok, now it’s time for the big moment.
You can renew your license online.
Conclusion
Hopefully, you found this post helpful!
As you can tell, I am a continuing education nerd 🤓, so if you have any other questions about continuing education and your Idaho OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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