If you obtained your occupational therapy license in Arkansas, 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 Arkansas occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Arkansas 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 Arkansas:
Attestation due at time of license renewal, on the last day of your birth month
How many hours are required?
- OTs/OTAs need to earn 10 hours of continuing education annually
Requirements:
- Education should be directly related to occupational therapy
- OTPs in administrative or educational roles may submit up to half of required hours (5 hours annually) in that area, with the remaining hours directly related to OT clinical practice
- 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:
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Arkansas:
These were copied from the Arkansas Administrative Code, updated 7/5/2001.
060.00.01 Ark. Code R. 002 – Regulation 6
Regulations Governing the Licensing and Practice of Occupational Therapists
3.4 RENEWAL.
(C) Each occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant shall be required to complete ten (10) contact hours of continuing education each year, as a prerequisite for license renewal in the State of Arkansas. Credit for continuing education requirements may be earned in the following manner:
(1) Workshops, refresher courses, professional conferences, seminars, or facility-based continuing education programs, especially those designated as provided for occupational therapists. Hour for hour credit on program content only.
(2) Professional presentations, workshops, institutes presented by the therapist (same presentation counted only once) and are considered on a hour for hour credit on program content only; five (5) hour maximum per year.
(3) Formal academic coursework related to the field of occupational therapy. One (1) to two (2) semester hour class equivalent to five (5) contact hours. Three (3) to four (4) semester hour class equivalent to ten (10) contact hours.
(4) Publications/Media; Research/Grant activities. A request to receive credit for these activities must be submitted in writting for approval, to the Arkansas State Occupational Therapy Examining committee thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the licence.
(5) Self-study.
(a) Book, journal or video reviews. Must be verified by submission of a one (1) page typewritten review of the material studied, including application to clinical practice, one (1) hour credit per review; two (2) hour maximum per year.
(b) Self-study coursework verified by submission of proof of course completion. The number of contact hours credited will be determined by the Arkansas Occupational Therapy Examining Committee. Course outline and proof of completion must be submitted to the Committee thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the license.
(6) Any deviation from the above continuing education categories will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the Committee. A request for special consideration or exemption must be submitted in writing sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the license.
(7) All continuing education programs shall directly pertain to the profession of occupational therapy. The Committee will not pre-approve continuing education programs. All licensees shall submit documentation of completion of continuing education experiences, upon renewal of the license. Acceptable documentation is as follows:
(a) Official transcripts documenting completion of academic coursework directly related to the field of occupational therapy.
(b) A signed verification by a program leader or instructor of the practitioner’s attendance in a program, by letter on letterhead of the sponsoring agency, certificate, or official continuing education transcript, accompanied by a brochure, agenda, program or other applicable information indicating the program content.
(c) A letter from a practitioner’s supervisor on the agency’s letterhead, giving the names of the continuing education programs attended, location, dates, subjects taught, and hours of instruction.
(8) Therapists receiving a new license will not be required to submit for continuing education credit during the first partial year of licensure. Failure to submit verification of continuing education for renewal will result in issuance of a “failure to comply” notification. If requirements are not met within ten days of receipt of the notification, disciplinary action may be taken.
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 10 of your Arkansas OT continuing education hours through OT Potential.
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 Arkansas 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 “Arkansas” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to AROTA.
👍 Price of OT Potential with your Arkansas discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to AROTA = $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 AROTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Arkansas 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 Arkansas OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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