Texas OT and OTA license renewal and continuing education
The Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners states: “Texas OT and OTA licensees are required to complete 24 contact hours of continuing education each renewal period in order to maintain licensure,” including an approved course on human trafficking.
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.
Sources read on November 12, 2026: the board’s OT Continuing Education and OT License Renewal pages on the Texas Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners site. They point to Chapter 367 of the OT Rules for full requirements; the rule chapter itself was not read for this page.
Cycle
The renewal page quotes §370.1(a) of the OT Rules: “Licensees are required to renew their licenses every two years by the end of their birth month.” It also states: “A license may be renewed up to three months prior to the expiration date.”
Required topic
The continuing education must include “a course on human trafficking that is approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)”. The page says one such course per renewal period “is pre-approved for CE credit up to a maximum of 2 contact hours.”
Approved activities
The page states: “With the exception of the HHSC approved human trafficking course noted above, licensees are not required to take a course approved by a specific entity or take courses pre-approved by the Board.” Activities must be pre-approved activities or meet the rules for other acceptable activities (paraphrased).
Records
Quoting §367.3: “The licensee is solely responsible for keeping accurate documentation of all continuing education requirements. Continuing education documentation must be maintained for auditing purposes for four years from the end of the expiration month of the corresponding renewal period”. The pages read do 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.