Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-805.2 - Continuing education requirements
(1) The biennial continuing education compliance
period shall extend for a two-year period that begins on the sixteenth day of
the licensee 's birth month and ends two years later on the fifteenth day of the
birth month.
a. Requirements for occupational
therapist licensees. Each biennium, each person who is licensed to practice as
an occupational therapist in this state will have the responsibility to finance
the cost and be required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of continuing
education approved by the board .
b.
Requirements for occupational therapy assistant licensees. Each biennium, each
person who is licensed to practice as an occupational therapy assistant in this
state will be required to complete a minimum of 15 hours of continuing
education approved by the board .
(2) Requirements of new licensees. Those persons
licensed for the first time shall not be required to complete continuing
education as a prerequisite for the first renewal of their licenses. Continuing
education hours acquired any time from the initial licensing until the second
license renewal may be used. The new licensee will be required to complete a
minimum of 30 hours of continuing education per biennium for occupational
therapists and 15 hours for occupational therapy assistants each subsequent
license renewal.
(3) With the
exception of continuing education hours obtained by new licensees, no hours of
continuing education shall be carried over into the next biennium. A licensee
whose license was reactivated during the current renewal compliance period may
use continuing education earned during the compliance period for the first
renewal following reactivation.
Notes
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