Which body typically regulates continuing education requirements for OT licensure?

• A. State legislatures regulate continuing education requirements for OT licensure.
• B. Federal agencies regulate continuing education for all professions.
• C. Individual therapists set their own CE hours with no requirements.
• D. Insurance companies determine CE requirements.

Answer: (A)

Continuing education requirements for professional licensure are set at the state level through regulatory bodies that enforce licensing. State legislatures pass the laws that create and empower these boards to regulate practice, including how many CE hours are needed for license renewal. That means the authority to require and oversee CE for occupational therapists comes from the state, not the federal government or individual therapists.

Federal agencies don’t typically regulate OT CE, and insurance companies don’t determine CE requirements. Therapists can’t set their own CE hours to renew a license; that process is governed by the state OT regulatory board under statutes enacted by the state legislature. For this reason, the state level—via its legislature and regulatory boards—is the standard source of CE requirements.