If you obtained your occupational therapy license in Alaska, you will need to earn continuing education every two years 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 Alaska occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Alaska OT continuing education requirements.
It’s always good to double check for any updates to your 2025/2026 licensing cycle.
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 Alaska:
Attestation due at time of license renewal: June 30th of even years
How many hours are required?
- OTs/OTAs need to earn 24 contact hours of continuing education every two years OR maintain NBCOT certification
- Therapists licensed less that one year at the time of renewal must have passed the NBCOT exam within the past 12 months OR complete 12 contact hours of continuing education
Requirements:
- Education should be relevant to your occupational therapy practice
- Half of all required hours must be earned through an accredited academic institution or a professional organization approved by the board (including AOTA approved providers)
- You may be audited and required to submit documentation showing completion of continuing education, so hold on to your course certificates for at least 3 years
Verify here: Board of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Alaska:
These were copied from the Alaska State Statutes and Regulations, updated March 2025.
CHAPTER 54.
STATE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY BOARD
12 AAC 54.710. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Except as provided in 12 AAC 54.725, an applicant for renewal of an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant license who has been licensed for 12 months or more of the concluding licensing period shall have
(1) completed, during that period, 24 contact hours of continuing education; or
(2) evidence of current certification by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
(NBCOT).
(b) An applicant for renewal of an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant license who has been licensed for less than 12 months of the concluding licensing period shall have
(1) completed, during that period, 12 contact hours of continuing education;
(2) passed the national occupational therapy examination during the 12 months immediately before the date that the applicant’s license is due to lapse; or
(3) evidence of current certification by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
(NBCOT).
(c) An applicant shall complete at least one-half of the required contact hours in courses or programs offered by an accredited academic institution or a professional organization approved by the board under 12 AAC 54.715(a).
(d) For the purposes of this section,
(1) one “contact hour” equals a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction;
(2) one continuing education unit awarded by a professional health care association equals 10 contact hours;
(3) one academic semester credit hour equals 15 contact hours; and
(4) one academic quarter credit hour equals 10 contact hours.
(e) An applicant for renewal is responsible for maintaining adequate and detailed records of all continuing
education contact hours claimed and shall make the records available to the board upon request under 12 AAC 54.720. Records must be retained for three years from the date the contact hours were obtained.
(f) The following activities will not be accepted for continuing education contact hours under this section:
(1) routine staff meetings attended by the applicant;
(2) rounds conducted by the applicant;
(3) routine courses required for employment, including courses on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and training related to Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements.
(g) The board recognizes the maintenance of NBCOT certification as fulfilling the requirements of (a) and (b) of this section.
(h) To document current certification with the NBCOT, the applicant shall submit a photocopy of the front and back of the applicant’s current NBCOT certificate.
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 Alaska OT continuing education hours through OT Potential. Plus, you can earn education hours toward maintaining your NBCOT certification.
Our CEU courses and monthly live webinars are AOTA approved, and you’ll earn a certificate of completion after you pass a short assessment!
Where can Alaska 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.
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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 AKOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Alaska OT continuing education, 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 Alaska OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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