Kentucky OT CEU Requirements & Discounts!

If you obtained your occupational therapy license in Kentucky, you will need to earn continuing competence 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).

Click here to jump straight to the Kentucky OT CEU discounts!

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 Kentucky occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.

Step 2: Confirm the Kentucky 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. 😭)

To get you going here is the information I found, with links to where I found it.

Here are the basic OT/OTA CCU requirements in Kentucky:

Attestation of completion due at time of license renewal, annually by October 31

How many hours are required?

• OTs/OTAs need 12 continuing competence units each year
  • 1 unit = 1 contact hour, for most activities

Requirements:

• Minimum of 12 continuing competence units in the 12 months prior to renewal
• OTPs licensed for less than 1 year are only required to complete 1 CCU per month licensed prior to renewal
• Complete a training program in suicide assessment, treatment, and management every 6 years

You may be audited and asked to submit proof of CEU completion, so hold on to your course certificates for at least 1 year after you renew.

Verify here: KENTUCKY BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

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

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

These were copied from the Kentucky Administrative Code, updated 3/5/25.

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 12 of your Kentucky OT continuing education hours through OT Potential, as long as you meet the requirements outlined above.

Note that OT Potential does not currently offer a training program on suicide treatment, and management, as required every 6 years in KY.

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 Kentucky 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 “Kentucky” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to KOTA.

👍 Price of OT Potential with your Kentucky discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to KOTA = $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 KOTA.

This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Kentucky OT continuing education, 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.

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 Kentucky OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!