2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 376a - Occupational Therapists › Section 20-74h. - License renewal. Training or education requirement.

Licenses for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants issued under this chapter shall be subject to renewal once every two years and shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by regulation upon the payment of two times the professional services fee payable to the State Treasurer for class B as defined in section 33-182l, plus five dollars. The department shall notify any person or entity that fails to comply with the provisions of this section that the person's or entity's license shall become void ninety days after the time for its renewal unless it is so renewed. Any such license shall become void upon the expiration of such ninety-day period. The commissioner shall establish additional requirements for licensure renewal which provide evidence of continued competency, which, on and after January 1, 2022, shall include not less than two hours of training or education, offered or approved by the Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association, a hospital or other licensed health care institution or a regionally accredited institution of higher education, on (1) screening for post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and (2) suicide prevention training during the first renewal period and not less than once every six years thereafter. The requirement described in subdivision (2) of this section may be satisfied by the completion of the evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program administered pursuant to section 17a-52a. The holder of an expired license may apply for and obtain a valid license only upon compliance with all relevant requirements for issuance of a new license. A suspended license is subject to expiration and may be renewed as provided in this section, but such renewal shall not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended and until it is reinstated, to engage in the licensed activity, or in any other conduct or activity in violation of the order or judgment by which the license was suspended. If a license revoked on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the licensee, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay the renewal fee.
(P.A. 78-253, S. 8, 11; P.A. 89-251, S. 82, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 66, 89; P.A. 97-15, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 477; P.A. 21-46, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 89-251 increased the renewal fee from $25 to $50; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 replaced $50 biennial license renewal fee with renewal fee equaling two times the professional service fee class established pursuant to Sec. 33-182
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; P.A. 97-15 added requirement that department notify persons or entities who fail to comply with section that their licenses shall become void 90 days after time for renewal unless renewed, and deleted late renewal provisions and fees, and five-year limitation thereon; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 increased renewal fee by $5 and made a technical change, effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license that expires on or after that date; P.A. 21-46 added references to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants re licenses issued under chapter, added continuing education requirement re training or education on screening for post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief as Subdiv. (1) and suicide prevention training as Subdiv. (2), and added provision re completion of program administered pursuant to Sec. 17a-52a, effective July 1, 2021.