If you obtained your occupational therapy license in the state of Maine, you will need to earn continuing education 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).💜
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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 Maine occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Maine 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 Maine:
Due annually on March 31st
How many hours are required?
- OTs need 10 hours
- OTAs need 6 hours
Required topics:
- 1 hour in OT ethics every renewal cycle. See our OT ethics courses to help meet this requirement.
Verify here: Maine Board of Occupational Therapy Practice
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Maine:
These were copied from the Maine Board of Occupational Therapy Practice Rules, effective March 3, 2023.
DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
477 BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE
Chapter 4: LICENSE RENEWAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS; REINSTATEMENT
Section 3. Continuing Education Requirement for Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants shall certify at time of license renewal to compliance with the continuing education requirements set forth in this chapter.
- Number of Hours and Content Required.
A. Hours Required Every occupational therapist shall complete a total of ten (10) hours and every occupational therapy assistant shall complete a total of six (6) hours of continuing education relevant to the practice of occupational therapy or interprofessional practice during each reporting period as a condition of renewal. For the purposes of this chapter, an “hour” means sixty (60) minutes. The reporting period is April 1 of the previous year through the March 31 renewal date. Hours completed during the reporting period cannot be carried forward into a subsequent renewal period.
B. Ethics Requirement. During each reporting period, one (1) hour of the total required ten (10) hours for occupational therapists and one (1) hour of the total required six (6) hours for occupational therapy assistants shall be on ethics in the practice of occupational therapy. The one (1) hour of ethics can be satisfied with any qualifying continuing education activity as set forth in Section 3(2)(B).
C. NBCOT Certification Activities. Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant who obtains the requisite number of continuing education activities as described under this chapter within the renewal period and who completes the one (1) hour of ethics as set forth in Section 3(1)(B) may certify at the time of renewal to satisfying the requirements of this chapter, even if such activities are or have been submitted towards maintaining a current NBCOT certification.
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 Maine OT continuing education hours through OT Potential, as outlined above!
Where can Maine 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 “Maine” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to MEOTA.
👍 Price of OT Potential with your Maine discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to IMEOTA = $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 MEOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn all of your required Maine OT CEUs, 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 Maine OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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