Minnesota OT and OTA license renewal and continuing education
Minnesota Statutes section 148.6443 states: “A licensed occupational therapist must obtain a minimum of 24 contact hours of continuing education in the two-year licensure period. A licensed occupational therapy assistant must obtain a minimum of 18 contact hours of continuing education in the two-year licensure period.”
Quoted from official pages checked November 12, 2026. Confirm current requirements, fees, and dates on those sites. This page is not legal advice and does not guarantee eligibility, certification, or licensure.
Source read on November 12, 2026: Minnesota Statutes 148.6443, Continuing Education Requirements on the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes site.
Timing and proration
“All continuing education coursework must be obtained between the effective and expiration dates of the license.” Licensees issued a license for less than two years complete a prorated number of hours based on the months licensed (paraphrased).
Content
“A minimum of one-half of the required contact hours must be directly related to occupational therapy practice.” Teaching, student supervision, and research are each capped at one-half of the required hours, and personal skill topics, CPR training, and committee service at two hours (paraphrased). Supervising students earns “one contact hour for every eight hours of student supervision.”
Not accepted
Credit is not granted for “hospital patient rounds; entertainment or recreational activities; volunteering; noneducational association meetings; and employment orientation sessions and meetings”.
Records and audits
“The board may audit a percentage of the continuing education reports based on random selection. A licensee shall maintain all documentation required by this section for two years after the last day of the biennial licensure period in which the contact hours were earned.” The section read does not name a carryover allowance.
What this page does not do
It covers the state occupational therapy license only, and only what the official page or pages named above say. It does not cover NBCOT certification renewal, does not list fees, and does not replace the board’s own instructions. Rules change; check the board before you renew.