1. (a) The Act mandates licensee participation in a continuing education program for license renewal. All continuing education must be directly relevant to the profession of occupational therapy and meet the definition of Type 1 or Type 2 as outlined in this section. The licensee is solely responsible for keeping accurate documentation of all continuing education requirements.
2. (b) New licensees holding a regular license, issued for a period of less than two years, do not have a continuing education requirement until they receive a regular two-year license.
3. (c) All licensees, except those addressed in subsection (b) of this section must complete a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education every two years during the period of time the license is current in order to renew the license, and provide this information as requested.
4. (d) Those renewing a license more than 90 days late must submit proof of continuing education for the renewal.

5. (e) Types of Continuing Education

   1. (1) A minimum of 15 hours of continuing education must be in skills specific to occupational therapy practice with patients or clients hereafter referred to as Type 2. (AOTA's Category 1 or 2)

      1. (A) Type 2 courses teach occupational therapy treatment and intervention with patients or clients.
      2. (B) All continuing education hours may be in Type 2, but no less than 15 hours of Type 2 is acceptable.
   2. (2) General information hereafter referred to as Type 1 continuing education is relevant to the profession of occupational therapy. Examples include but are not limited to: supervision, education, documentation, quality improvement, administration, reimbursement and other occupational therapy related subjects. (AOTA's Category 3)
6. (f) A specific continuing educational activities may be counted only one time in the licensee's career unless content has been updated or revised.
7. (g) Effective January 1, 2003, Type 1 and Type 2 educational activities approved or offered by the American Occupational Therapy Association or the Texas Occupational Therapy Association are pre-approved by the board. The board will review its approval process and continuation thereof for educational activities by January 2005 and at least once each five-year period thereafter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §367.1 adopted to be effective October 11, 1994, 19 TexReg 7714; amended to be effective January 1, 1996, 20 TexReg 10907; amended to be effective February 2, 1999, 24 TexReg 606; amended to be effective February 3, 2000, 25 TexReg 818; amended to be effective August 21, 2000, 25 TexReg 8063; amended to be effective July 22, 2001, 26 TexReg 5441; amended to be effective January 1, 2003, 27 TexReg 12015; amended to be effective October 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 9291; amended to be effective August 29, 2006, 31 TexReg 6801.