If you obtained your occupational therapy license in the state of New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire:
Due every 2 years from initial licensure. License renewal is due December 1st of renewal years.
How many hours are required?
- OTs and OTAs need 24 hours of continuing education per renewal cycle
Required topics:
- Minimum of 12 hours must relate directly to the clinical application of occupational therapy
- The remaining hours must relate to general occupational therapy theory and practice
- Examples provided include supervision and consultation skills, curriculum development and trans-disciplinary issues or skills
The New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification provides a helpful breakdown of CE requirements and ways to obtain CEUs.
Verify here: NH Occupational Therapy Governing Board Laws and Rules
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in New Hampshire:
These were copied from the New Hampshire Laws and Administrative Rules governing Licensed Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistants.
CHAPTER Occ 400 CONTINUED STATUS
PART Occ 406 MAINTENANCE OF CONTINUING COMPETENCE
Occ 406.02 Maintenance of Continuing Competence.
(a) Licensees intending to renew their licensure shall maintain continuing competence by:
(1) Completing 24 contact hours of continuing professional education per biennium in accordance with (d) below if they are renewing:
a. An initial license issued in an even-numbered year; or
b. A license already renewed at least once; or
(2) Completing 6 contact hours of continuing professional education in accordance with (d) below if they are renewing an initial license issued between January 1 and August 31 in an odd-numbered year.
(b) At least one half of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate directly to the clinical application of occupational therapy and these hours shall be considered clinical hours.
(c) The balance of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate to general occupational therapy theory and practice, including, but not limited to, supervision and consultation skills, curriculum development and trans-disciplinary issues or skills.
(d) Continuing competence shall be accumulated through on-site, distance-learning or other participation in the following activities related to occupational therapy:
(1) Maintenance of current NBCOT certification, as further described in Occ 406.03
(2) Receipt of academic instruction and non-academic conferences, courses, and workshops in occupational therapy, as further described in Occ 406.04;
(3) Facility-based in-service training as related to the practice of occupational therapy, as further described in Occ 406.05;
(4) Informal independent study as further described in Occ 406.06;
(5) Formal mentored independent study as further described in Occ 406.07;
(6) Direct supervision of fieldwork, as further described in Occ 406.08;
(7) Employer-required peer review activities, as further described in Occ 406.09;
(8) Publication of writing related to occupational therapy, as further described in Occ 406.10;
(9) Public professional presentations relating to occupational therapy, as further described in Occ 406.11;
(10) Participation in an occupational therapy research project, as further described in Occ 406.12;
(11) Specialty certifications, as further described in Occ 406.13;
(12) Product development, as further described in Occ 406.14;
(13) Participation in the work of professional boards, committees, and agencies, as further described in Occ 406.15;
(14) Cardiopulmonary certification or re-certification, as further described in Occ 406.16; and
(15) Receipt of universal precaution education, as further described in Occ 406.17.
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.
A note on CE Broker
All OT professionals licensed in New Hampshire are granted free access to CE Broker to search for approved courses and log their earned continuing education hours. You can easily track OT Potential Courses on CE Broker, or take courses directly on their site for instant CEU tracking.
Do OT Potential courses count toward the continuing education required to renew my license?
Yes! You can easily earn all of your New Hampshire OT continuing education hours through OT Potential!
Our CEU courses and monthly live webinars are AOTA approved and fall under Occ 406.02 (d)(2) as outlined above. There is no limit to the number of continuing education hours that can be earned in this format, and OT Potential provides a certificate of completion for each course completed!
Where can New Hampshire 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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👍 Price of OT Potential with your New Hampshire discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
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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 NHOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn all of your required New Hampshire OT CEUs, 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 New Hampshire OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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