Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 74i - Continued Competency Requirements for Biennial License Renewal by Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants › Section 20-74i-3 - Award of continued competency contact hours

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Continued competency contact hours shall be awarded as follows:
(1) Academic courses, institutes, seminars,
			 programs, structured didactic inservice training and scientific meetings
			 directly related to the practice of occupational therapy: one contact hour for
			 each hour of attendance.
(2) A
			 maximum of 6 continued competency contact hours per registration period, shall
			 be awarded for courses taught as an appointed faculty member at a school of
			 occupational therapy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational
			 Therapy Education or its successor organization, provided that teaching is not
			 the licensee's primary role.
(3)
			 Full-time post-graduate attendance throughout the registration period in an
			 advanced educational program accredited by the Accreditation Council for
			 Occupational Therapy Education or its successor organization: ten contact hours
			 per semester credit hour.
(4)
			 Successful completion of the Certification Examination for Occupational
			 Therapist, or the Certification Examination for Certified Occupational Therapy
			 Assistant, if taken five years or more after graduation: twelve contact
			 hours.
(5) First presentation by
			 licensee of a paper, essay or formal lecture in occupational therapy at a
			 training program, an educational meeting or providing professional in-service
			 training or instruction for occupational therapists, occupational therapy
			 assistants and related professionals: one contact hour for each hour of
			 presentation.
(6) First
			 presentation only of a scientific or educational exhibit at a professional
			 meeting: one contact hour for each hour of presentation to a maximum of twelve
			 contact hours per registration period for occupational therapists and nine
			 contact hours per registration period for occupational therapy
			 assistants.
(7) First publication
			 for authorship of original work in occupational therapy, published in the
			 scientific or professional press: 5 contact hours per article in a non
			 peer-reviewed publication; 10 contact hours per article in a peer-reviewed
			 professional publication or chapter in an occupational therapy or related
			 professional textbook.
(8) Clinical
			 activities in a research project shall be awarded for appointment as a research
			 assistant to a research project in occupational therapy which is funded by
			 State, Federal or institutional grant: ten contact hours per project.
(9) Appointment as a teaching assistant at a
			 school of occupational therapy accredited by the Accreditation Council for
			 Occupational Therapy Education or its successor organization: eight contact
			 hours per registration period.
(10)
			 Supervision as the primary direct clinical supervisor of a 12-week field work
			 placement for an occupational therapy student or an 8-week field work placement
			 for an occupational therapy assistant student enrolled in a program accredited
			 by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education or its
			 successor organization: One contact hour for each week of supervision per
			 student supervised to a maximum of twelve contact hours per registration period
			 for occupational therapists and nine contact hours per registration period for
			 occupational therapy assistants.
(11) Professional manuscript review or
			 editing for journals or textbooks: One contact hour for five hours of review to
			 a maximum of twelve contact hours per registration period for occupational
			 therapists and nine contact hours per registration period for occupational
			 therapy assistants.
(12) Auditing
			 formal academic coursework: two contact hours per fifteen clock hours to a
			 maximum of twelve contact hours per registration period for occupational
			 therapists or nine contact hours per registration period for occupational
			 therapy assistants.