For OTs licensed in PA, there are 7 classes of acceptable activities. Each activity has certain guidelines and requirements. 1. Distance and in-person education programs Attending continuing education programming either in person or via online formats. Therapists can attend …
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NBCOT requires continuing education (counted as professional development units or PDUs) rather than continued competence. It is the PA licensure board’s opinion that continued competence requires engagement in the profession. In order to ensure engagement, there were a few areas where …
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Although the Board will not grant credit for these activities, the information gleaned from these activities may be used to write an article in a non-peer reviewed magazine, journal or newsletter, or to teach an employer-generated continuing education program, which …
You may have seen AOTA’s recent Facebook© query about how and when you knew you wanted to be an OT. It made me think about my own journey as an OT. As a freshman in high school, I observed occupational …
Unlike other licensing Boards within the PA Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs whose licensure laws require its licensees to complete continuing education as a condition of biennial renewal, the PA OT Board is charged in section 15(a) with assuring …
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In determining the required number of continued competency hours, the PA OT Licensure Board looked to the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) and its requirement for national certification as an occupational therapist because it is the standard …
By now, occupational therapists in PA are well aware that in order to renew their license in 2015, occupational therapists will have to certify on their renewal applications that they have completed 24 contact hours in a minimum of two …