(a) The Act mandates licensee participation in a continuing education program for license renewal. Continuing education (CE) is defined as activities that meet the requirements of this chapter. The licensee is solely responsible for keeping accurate documentation of all continuing education and for selecting continuing education that meets the requirements in this chapter.
(b) Required Continuing Education Hours.
  (1) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, 1 hour of continuing education is equal to 1 contact hour.
  (2) All licensees must complete a minimum of 24 contact hours every two years during the period of time the license is current in order to renew the license. Licensees must provide proof of completion of contact hours at the Board's request.
  (3) Training on Human Trafficking. As part of the minimum hours of required continuing education for each renewal, licensees must complete a training course on human trafficking that is approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Documentation of completion of a training course is a certificate of completion or letter of verification indicating credit awarded. Documentation must identify the licensee by name and include the date and title of the activity; the name of the authorized signer; either the signature of the authorized signer or the official seal, letterhead, or logo of the authorized signer if an area designated for a signature is not included; and the number of hours or contact hours awarded for the activity. When the documentation lists a unit of credit other than hours or contact hours, such as continuing education units (CEUs), professional development units (PDUs), or other units or credits, it must be accompanied by documentation from the continuing education provider or a copy of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's list of approved human trafficking courses noting the equivalence of the units or credits in terms of hours or contact hours.
    (A) Pre-Approved Credit and Additional Credit. The completion of one training course per renewal period to meet the training requirement is pre-approved for CE credit up to a maximum of 2 contact hours. Additional CE credit may be earned for a training course exceeding 2 hours if the additional hours meet the requirements of this chapter.
    (B) Repeated Course. A specific training course completed during one renewal period to meet the training requirement may be completed again during the next renewal period to meet the training requirement for that next renewal. Up to a maximum of 2 contact hours from the repeated course are exempt from subsection (c) of this section and may be applied toward license renewal.
  (4) Licensees who submit their renewal with all required items prior to the month when their license expires may count CE completed during their license's expiration month for their next renewal period.
(c) Each continuing education activity may be counted only one time in two renewal cycles.
(d) Acceptable Activities. In order to be eligible for continuing education, activities must either be pre-approved activities or meet the requirements for other acceptable activities.
  (1) Pre-Approved Activities.
    (A) Course Approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on Human Trafficking. Up to a maximum of two hours of CE credit are pre-approved for a training course on human trafficking as provided under subsection (b)(3)(A) of this section (relating to Pre-Approved Credit and Additional Credit).
    (B) Activities Approved or Offered by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) or the Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA).
      (i) Professional development activities approved or offered by AOTA or TOTA are preapproved for CE credit for license renewal. However, a human trafficking training course approved or offered by AOTA or TOTA may not be used to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(3) of this section (relating to Training on Human Trafficking) unless it is also approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, as described under that subsection.
      (ii) Documentation shall include a certificate of completion, letter of verification, or transcript. Documentation must identify the licensee by name and include the date and title of the activity; the name of the authorized signer; either the signature of the authorized signer or the official seal, letterhead, or logo of the authorized signer if an area designated for a signature is not included; and the number of hours or contact hours awarded for the activity. Documentation for activities approved or offered by AOTA may include AOTA CEUs on the documentation instead of hours or contact hours; for such documentation, a licensee shall multiply the AOTA CEUs by ten in order to determine the equivalence in terms of contact hours. Examples: .1 AOTA CEU equals 1 contact hour and .25 AOTA CEUs equals 2.5 contact hours. When the documentation lists a unit of credit other than hours, contact hours, or AOTA CEUs, such as other continuing education units (CEUs), professional development units (PDUs), or other units or credits, it must be accompanied by documentation from the continuing education provider noting the equivalence of the units or credits in terms of hours or contact hours.
      (iii) The Board will evaluate the continuation of its approval of AOTA's and TOTA's educational activities at least every five years.
  (2) Other Acceptable Activities. In order to be eligible for CE, activities that are not pre-approved must meet further requirements in §367.2 of this title (relating to Other Acceptable Activities).

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; amended to be effective May 31, 2007, 32 TexReg 2880; amended to be effective February 25, 2008, 33 TexReg 1603;amended to be effective February 14, 2013, 38 TexReg 676; amended to be effective October 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 5802; amended to be effective July 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4048; amended to be effective June 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 2738; amended to be effective September 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 4325; amended to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5661; amended to be effective March 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 794; amended to be effective June 1, 2024, 49 TexReg 3582