If you obtained your occupational therapy license in the state of Connecticut, you will need to earn continuing education contact hours 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 Connecticut occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Connecticut 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 Connecticut:
Attestation due at time of license renewal, every two years
You are required to submit documentation of completed education only if selected for audit.
How many hours are required?
- OTs need 24 contact hours every two years
- OTAs need 18 contact hours every two years
- Continuing education is NOT required for your first CT license renewal!
1 contact hour = continuing education activity that is at least 50 minutes.
Requirements:
- Education topics should clearly relate to improving your occupational therapy practice
- There are limits to the number of hours you can earn for certain activities such as publishing, presenting, teaching, or taking graduate coursework—see the detailed requirements below
- You must complete activities within the two years before renewal, hours do not carry over into the next cycle
- A certificate of completion is required for all continuing education activities
- Hold on to your certificates of completion for at least three years after the renewal period you earned them in
Verify here: Connecticut State Department of Public Health
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Connecticut:
These were copied from the CT Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, updated 03/07/2015.
TITLE 20. Professional & Occupational Licensing, Certification
Continued Competency Requirements for Biennial License Renewal by Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Sec. 20-74i-3. Award of continued competency contact hours
1 contact hour for each hour of attendance at academic courses, institutes, seminars, programs, structured didactic in-service training, and scientific meetings directly related to the practice of occupational therapy.
A maximum of 6 continued competency contact hours per registration period, shall be awarded for courses taught as an appointed faculty member at a school of occupational therapy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), provided that teaching is not the licensee’s primary role.
10 contact hours per semester credit hour shall be awarded for full-time post-graduate attendance throughout the registration period in an advanced educational program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
12 contact hours shall be awarded for the successful completion of the Certification Examination for Occupational Therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) if taken five years or more after graduation.
1 contact hour shall be awarded for each first presentation of a paper, essay or formal lecture in occupational therapy at a training program, an educational meeting or providing professional in-service training or instruction for occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and related professionals.
1 contact hour for each hour of presentation to a maximum of 12 contact hours per registration period shall be awarded for the first presentation only of a scientific or educational exhibit at a professional meeting.
10 contact hours per article in a peer-reviewed professional publication or chapter in an occupational therapy or related professional textbook.
5 contact hours per first article in a non peer-reviewed publication.
10 contact hours per project for clinical activities in a research project shall be awarded for appointment as a research assistant to a research project in occupational therapy which is funded by state, federal or institutional grant.
8 contact hours per registration period for appointment as a teaching assistant at a school of occupational therapy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
1 contact hour for each week of supervision per student supervised by the licensee to a maximum of 12 contact hours per registration period for time served as the primary direct clinical supervisor of a 12-week field work placement for an occupational therapy student or an 8-week field work placement for an occupational therapy assistant student enrolled in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
1 contact hour for 5 hours of review to a maximum of 12 contact hours per registration period for professional manuscript review or editing for journals or textbooks.
2 contact hours per 15 clock hours to a maximum of 12 contact hours per registration period for auditing formal academic coursework.
Successful completion of an entire continued competency activity shall be required for award of any continued competency contact hours.
Activities which will not qualify for award of continued competency contact hours include: professional organizational business meetings; speeches delivered at luncheons or banquets; the reading of books, articles, or professional journals; correspondence courses, and other mechanisms of self-instruction except when used as a component of a home study program; and audio-visual materials, except when audio-visual materials are used as a component of a qualifying continued competency activity identified above.
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 Connecticut OT contact hours through OT Potential, as long as you meet the requirements outlined above.
Most of our courses qualify as home study programs—defined by CT regulations as “continued competency activities clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of occupational therapy that require successful completion of a proficiency examination, and may include distance learning and internet-based educational programs”
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 Connecticut 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 “Connecticut” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to ConnOTA.
👍 Price of OT Potential with your Connecticut discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to ConnOTA = $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 ConnOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Connecticut OT contact hours, 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 Connecticut OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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