Massachusetts OT CEU Requirements & Discounts!

If you obtained your occupational therapy license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you will need to earn continuing education points 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 Massachusetts occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.

Step 2: Confirm the Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts:

Attestation due at time of license renewal, every two years on the licensee’s birthday

How many hours are required?

• OTs/OTAs need 24 points every two years

1 point = 1 contact hour for most activities.

Requirements:

• Education topics should relate to your occupational therapy practice
• 2 points must be related to ethics, laws and regulations governing practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• You may be audited and required to show documentation proving completing of your continuing education, so hold on to your certificates of completion for at least four years after the renewal period you earned them in

There are limits on the number of points you can earn for certain activities, such as publishing, presenting, or completing academic coursework. There is no limit on points earned completing AOTA approved Continuing Competence Programs (such as OT Potential courses!)

Verify here: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Discounts
Get a 15% discount on OT Potential by using the promo code: Massachusetts
(We’ll also give 15% of that sale to the Massachusetts OT Association.)

Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Massachusetts:

These were copied from the Code of Massachusetts Regulations, updated 4/29/22.

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 24 of your Massachusetts OT continuing education points through OT Potential, as long as you meet the requirements outlined above.

Our CEU courses and monthly live webinars are AOTA approved, and you’ll earn a certificate of completion after you pass a short assessment!

You can also meet your requirement for 2 hours of ethics, laws and regulations education through our CEU courses focused on ethics. *Verified by the MA Board of Allied Health Professions 08/05/25

Where can Massachusetts 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 “Massachusetts” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to MAOT.

👍 Price of OT Potential with your Massachusetts discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to MAOT = $12.62

And, the best part is if you decide to renew, it will be at your discounted price. AND, we’ll make another donation to MAOT.

This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Massachusetts OT continuing competency points, and you can feel good doing it because you are giving back to your state association ❤️.

(If OT Potential is not right for you, I am also a long-time fan of MedBridge, and through OT Potential, you can snag a MedBridge Promo Code for 40% off.)

Step 4: Renew your license. 🎉

Ok, now it’s time for the big moment.

You can renew your license online.

Note: Licensed occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants in the Commonwealth of Massachussets should no longer use the designation “OTR/L” and “COTA/L.” Instead, OT practitioners should sign all medical and legal documents with their name, either “OT” or “OTA,” and their license number.

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 Massachusetts OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!