New Mexico OT License, CEU Requirements, & Discounts!

To help you maintain your New Mexico OT license, I’m going to walk you through the continuing education requirements for occupational therapy professionals in NM. We’ll begin with a quick guide on New Mexico OT and OTA CEU requirements for license renewal, then go into a step-by-step process with even more details.

Ultimately, we hope you join us at OT Potential to fulfill your CEU requirements in the easiest, most enjoyable way possible! 💜

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Quick Guide to OT New Mexico License and CEU Requirements

Here are the basics that occupational therapists and OT assistants in New Mexico need to know:

New Mexico OT CE Contact Hours
Required
(Occupational Therapist)		15 hours
New Mexico OTA CE Contact Hours
Required
(Occupational Therapist Assistant)		15 hours
CEU Due DateSeptember 30th, annually
Next Renewal DateSeptember 30, 2026
OTs: Max Number of Required Hours that can be Earned at OT Potential15 hours
OTAs: Max Number of Required Hours that can be Earned at OT Potential15 hours
Where to Verify CEU RequirementsNew Mexico Occupational Therapy Board
Scope of Practice/
Licensure Law 		New Mexico Revised Statutes §§61-12A-3 & 61-12A-4
Ethics Hours Required–
Other Requirements–
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More details on renewing your OT license in New Mexico

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 Mexico occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.

Step 2: Confirm the New Mexico OT continuing education requirements. 

It’s always good to double check for any updates to the 2026 licensing cycle.

To get you going, here is the information I found—along with corresponding links.

Here are the basic OT/OTA CEU requirements in New Mexico:

  • Due annually on September 30
  • OTs/OTAs need 15 hours

Verify here: New Mexico Occupational Therapy Board

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

These were copied from the New Mexico Administrative Code, effective 2/24/2022.

Title 16 – OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 15 – OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

16.15.4.8               ANNUAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

A. Every licensed occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant must earn a minimum of 15 continuing education contact hours per year during each year of licensure. Continuing education contact hours must be earned prior to license renewal the following year. The first year during which 15 contact hours must be earned is the year beginning on October 1 following license issuance and ending on the following September 30. Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants licensed during the first year will be expected to pay the annual renewal fee.

B. No license will be renewed in the absence of satisfactory evidence that the required continuing education contact hours have been earned.

C. The board office will send electronic notifications to all licensees prior to the expiration date of the license.

D. Each licensee is responsible for submitting the required renewal fee and continuing education by the expiration.

E. Each licensee is responsible for filing address changes and maintaining a current address with the board office.

[16.15.4.8 NMAC – Rp, 16.15.4.8 NMAC, 1/30/2015; A, 2/24/2022]

Licenses that have been expired for longer than a year must provide evidence of 15 continuing education hours per year expired to be considered. Please keep in mind before submitting applications that application fees are nonrefundable, and applications without continuing education hours to correspond with every year expired will be held until those hours are provided.

 

Step 3: Earn your CEU hours.

Okay, 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 units required to renew my license?

Yes! You can easily earn all 15 of your continuing education hours through OT Potential. Our CEU courses and weekly live webinars are AOTA approved, and you’ll earn a certificate of completion after you pass a short assessment!

Step 4: Renew your license. 🎉

Now it’s time for the big moment. Conveniently, you can renew your license online.

Where can New Mexico OT professionals get the best deals on CEUs?

At OT Potential, all of our courses are 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 to protect our reimbursements and scope of practice. That’s why we’ve made it part of our mission to support these associations.

So, we have a win-win proposition for you. Join OT Potential using the promo code “NewMexico” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your total to NMOTA.

🎉 Price of OT Potential with New Mexico discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to NMOTA = $12.62

The best part? Whenever you renew your OT Potential membership, it will be at your discounted price. AND, we’ll make another donation to NMOTA.

This is one of the cheapest ways to earn all of your required New Mexico OT CEUs, and you can feel good doing it because you are giving back to your state association.💜

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Conclusion

Hopefully, you found this post helpful as you pursue your license renewal in New Mexico!

As you can tell, I am a continuing education nerd 🤓, so if you have any other questions about continuing education or your New Mexico OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!

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