If you obtained your occupational therapy license in Utah, you will need to earn continuing education 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 Utah occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant license here.
Step 2: Confirm the Utah 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 CEU requirements in Utah:
Attestation of completion due at time of license renewal, by May 31 of odd years
How many hours are required?
- OTs/OTAs need 24 continuing education hours every two years
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 hours related to legal and ethical principles of practice
You may be audited and asked to submit proof of CEU completion, so hold on to your course certificates after you renew!
Verify here: Utah Division of Professional Licensing
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Here are the specific occupational therapy continuing education requirements for coursework in Utah:
These were copied from the Utah Administrative Rules, updated 08/23/2018.
Professional Licensing
Rule 42a: Occupational Therapy Practice Act Rule
R156-42a-304. Continuing Education.
(1) Continuing education required by Subsection 58-42a-302.5(1) shall consist of 24 hours of qualified continuing professional education in each preceding two-year period of licensure or prior to reinstatement of licensure. Each hour of continuing professional education may include a 10-minute break.
(2) If a renewal period is shortened or extended to effect a change of renewal cycle, the continuing professional education hours required for that renewal period shall be increased or decreased accordingly as a pro rata amount of the requirements of a two-year period.
(3) The required number of contact hours of continuing professional education for an individual who first becomes licensed during the two-year renewal cycle shall be decreased by a pro-rata amount.
(4) The standards for qualified continuing professional education include:
- (a) an identifiable clear statement of purposed and defined objective for the educational program directly related to the practice of occupational therapy;
- (b) relevance to the licensee’s professional practice;
- (c) presentation in a competent, well organized, and sequential manner consistent with the stated purpose and objective of the continuing education;
- (d) preparation and presentation by individuals who are qualified by education, training, and experience;
- (e) completion of a minimum of two hours related to legal and ethical principles of practice; and
- (f) verification from the continuing education provider to licensee of the completed continuing education.
(5) Supervision of one Level II occupational therapy student may account for two hours of continuing education, up to a maximum of eight hours of continuing education during each renewal cycle.
(6) Records of qualified continuing education completion shall be maintained by the licensee and reported to the Division when requested.
See the full chapter, including acceptable education activities
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 24 of your Utah OT continuing education hours through OT Potential, as long as you meet the requirements outlined above.
Our CEU courses and monthly live webinars are AOTA approved, and you’ll earn a certificate of completion after you pass a short assessment!
You can also meet your requirement for 2 hours of legal and ethics education through our CEU courses focused on ethics.
Where can Utah 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 “Utah” to receive a 15% discount—and we’ll donate 15% of your order to UOTA.
👍 Price of OT Potential with your Utah discount = $84.15 (Reg $99)
🎉 Donation amount to UOTA = $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 UOTA.
This is one of the cheapest ways to earn your required Utah OT continuing education, 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 Utah OT license renewal, just ask me the comments!
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