Occupational Therapy is regulated largely by the
NBCOT; (National Board for
Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.). Their web site is excellent for
OT's. Licensing requirements vary quite dramatically by state. This page
will provide you links to each State Licensing Board, along with contact
information; and, as we develop it, a brief summary of salient points for
licensing in that state. If any states have developed a web site, and we've
missed it, please let us know via e-mail:
Also, if you find any out of date information, we would very much appreciate
your informing us. We will do our best to be accurate, but cannot guarantee
that. Please refer to each State Board for the latest information.
Alabama: 64 North Union Street, Suite 734,
Montgomery, AL 36130 (334) 353-4466 (334) 353-4465 (fax) email:
acosby@asbot.state.al.us
Alaska: Dept.
of Commerce & Economic Development, Division of Occupational Licensing, State
OT & PT Board, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806
(907) 465-3811, (907) 465-2974 (fax)
Arizona:
AZ Board of OT Examiners, 5060 North 19th Ave. Suite #216, Phoenix, AZ
85015, Phone: (602) 589-8352, Fax: (602) 589-8354 email:
abote@primenet.com
Arkansas: AR State Medical
Board, 2100 Riverfront Drive, Suite 200, Little Rock, AR 72202-1793, Phone:
(501) 296-1802, Fax: (501) 296-1805
California:
OT Association of CA, 4600 Northgate Blvd., Suite 135, Sacramento, CA 95834,
(916) 567-7000
Colorado: Trademark Law, (Does
not regulate OTAs): OT Association of Colorado, 809 North Cascade Avenue, Suite
C, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 635-2190, 719) 635-1017(fax), email:
otac99@hotmail.com
Connecticut:
Department of Public Health, OT Licensure, 410 Capitol Avenue, Mail Stop #12APP,
P.O. Box 340308, Hartford, CT 06134-0308, (860) 509-7561
(860) 509-8457 (fax)
Delaware: DE State Board of OT, Division of Professional
Regulation, Cannon Bldg., Suite 203, 861 Silver Lake Blvd., Dover, DE 19904,
(302) 739-4522, ext. 207
(302) 739-2711 (fax)
District of Columbia: DC Department of Health, Office of
Professional Licensing, 825 North Capitol Street, Northeast Suite 2224,
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 442-4775 (from 8:30am-4:00pm), (202) 442-4330 (voice mail), (202)
442-9431 (fax)
Florida:
Florida Department of Health, Board of Occupational Therapy Practice, 2020
Capital Circle, S.E., BIN #C05, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3255, (850) 488-0595
(850) 414-6860 (fax), email:
Deb-Boutwell@doh.state.fl.us
Georgia: GA Board
of OT, Examining Board Division, 237 Coliseum Drive, Macon, GA 31217-3858,
Phone: (912) 207-1300, Fax: (912) 207-1633
Hawaii: Registration; (Does not regulate OTA professional
and Vocational Licensing Division, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Department,
P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801, Phone: (808) 586-3000 Fax: (808)
586-2877
Idaho: ID State Board of Medicine, P.O. Box 83720, 280 N.
8th Street, Suite 202, Boise, ID 83720-0058, Phone: (208) 334-2822; Fax:
(208) 334-2801.
Illinois: Department of
Professional Regulation, Licensure Maintenance Unit (LMU), 320 W. Washington
Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, IL 62786
Phone: (217)
782-0458, Fax: (217) 782-7645.
Indiana: A certification state; there is a
Health Professions Bureau,
and general information at the state:
Health Professions Bureau
402 W. Washington Street, Room 041, Indianapolis, IN 46204, :Phone: (317)
232-2960 Fax: (317) 233-4236
Iowa: Professional Licensure Office, PT and OT Board of
Examiners, Lucas State Office Bldg., 4th Floor, 321 East 12th Street, Des
Moines, IA 50319-0075
Phone: (515) 281-4413, Fax: (515) 281-3121, email:
jmanning@idph.state.ia.us
Kansas: Still a
registration state; KS State Board of Healing Arts, 235 South Topeka Blvd.,
Topeka, KS 66603-3068, Phone: (785) 296-7413 Fax: (785) 296-0852.
Kentucky: KY OT Board, P.O. Box 1360, Frankfort, KY
40602-1360, Phone; (502) 564-3296 Fax: (502) 564-4818,
Glenda.Gordon@mail.state.ky.us
Louisiana: LA State Board of Medical Examiners, 630 Camp
Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-0250, P.O. Box 30250, New Orleans, LA
70190-0250, Phone: (504) 524-6763, Fax: (504) 568-8893.
Maine: Dept. of
Professional & Financial Regulation, Board of OT Practice, State House Station
#35, Augusta, ME 04333, Phone: (207) 624-8626, Fax: (207) 624-8637
Maryland: Metro
Exec. Office Bldg., State Board of OT, 3rd Floor, Rm. 314, 4201
Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215-2299, Phone: (410) 764-4728, Fax:
(410) 764-5987.
Massachusetts:
Board of Allied Health Professions, Division of Registration, 239 Causeway
Street, Suite #500 Boston, MA 02114, Phone: (617) 727-3071, Fax: (617)
727-2669.
Michigan: A registration state: Dept. of Consumer Industry
Services, Office of Health Services, P.O. Box 30670, Lansing, MI 48909-7518,
Phone: (517) 335-0918.
Minnesota: A
registration state: Minnesota Department of Health, 121 East Seventh Place,
P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975, Phone: (651) 282-5624.
Mississippi: Professional Licensure, MS State Department of
Health, 500 B East Woodrow Wilson Blvd., Jackson, MS 39216, Phone: (601)
987-4153, Fax: (601) 987-3784.
Missouri:
Office of Health Care Providers, Box 1335, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Phone:
(573) 751-0877, Fax: (573) 751-1155.
Montana: Dept. of
Commerce, MT Board of OT, 111 N. Jackson, P.O. Box 200513, Helena, MT
59620-0513, Phone: (406) 444-3091.
Nebraska:
Division of Professional Licensing, Rehabilitation & Community
Services Section, Health & Human Services, P.O. Box 94986, Lincoln, NE
68509-4986, Phone: (402) 471-0547, Fax: (402) 471-3577.
Nevada: Board of OT, P.O. Box 70220, Reno, NV 89570-0220,
Phone: (775) 857-1700, Fax: (775) 857-212.
New Hampshire: NH Board of Medicine, OT Licensure,
Health and Welfare Bldg. 2 Industrial Park Drive, Suite #8. Concord, NH
03301, Phone: (603) 271-8389, Fax (603) 271-6702.
New Jersey: Regulations pending on licensure: Advisory
Council of OT, P.O. Box 45037, Newark, NJ 07101, Phone: (973) 504-6570,
Fax: (973) 648-3536.
New Mexico:
NM Board of OT Practice, 2055 South Pacheco, Suite #400, P.O. Box 25101,
Santa Fe, NM 87505, Phone: (505) 476-7117, Fax: (505) 476-7095,
e-mail:
occupationaltherapy@state.nm.us.
New York:
OT's are licensed, OTA's are registered: NY State Board of OT, Room 3013 CEC,
Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12230, Phone: (518) 473-0221, Fax: (518)
474-3817.
North Carolina: NC Board of OT, P.O. Box 2280, Raleigh, NC
27602, Phone: (919) 832-1380, Fax; (919) 833-1059.
North Dakota: ND State Board of OT Practice, P.O. Box 4005,
Bismarck, ND 58502-4005, Phone: (701) 250-0847.
Ohio: Ohio OT, PT
& AT Board, 77 South High Street, 16th Floor, Columbus, OH
43266-0317, Phone: (614) 466-3774, Fax: (614) 995-0816, e-mail:
SRS-OPT-CW@Ohio.GOV.
Oklahoma: Board
of Medical Licensure & Supervision, P.O. Box 18256, Oklahoma City, OK 73154,
Phone: (405) 848-6841, Fax: (405) 848-8240, e-mail:
osbmls@osbmls.state.ok.us
Oregon: OR OT Licensing Board, 800 NE Oregon #21, Suite
407, Portland, OR 97232, Phone: (503) 731-4048, Fax: (503) 731-4207,
e-mail: peggy.g.smith@state.or.us.
Pennsylvania: state
Board of OT, Education and Licensure, Box 2649, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649,
Phone: (717) 783-1389, e-mail:CFLINCHU@dos.state.pa.us.
Puerto Rico: Department of Health, Office of Regulations &
Certification of Health Professions, Call Box 10200, San Juan, PR 00908-0200,
Phone: (787) 725-8121, Fax: (787) 725-7903.
Rhode Island: Division of Professional Regulation, 3 Capitol
Hill, Room 104, Providence, RI 02908-5097, Phone: (401) 222-2827, ext. 106.
South Carolina:
Board of OT, 110 Centerview Drive, Columbia, SC 29210, P.O. Box 11329,
Columbia, SC 29210, Phone: (803) 896-4683, Fax: (803) 896-4719,
e-mail: owensb@mail.llr.state.sc.us.
South Dakota:
SD Board of Medical & Osteopathic Examiners, 1323 S. Minnesota Avenue, Sioux
Falls, SD 57105, Phone: (605) 336-1965.
Tennessee:
TN Board of OT & PT Examiners, 425 5th Avenue North, Cordell
Building, 1st Floor, Nashville, TN 37247-1010, Phone: (615)
532-5135, Fax: (615) 532-5164.
Texas:
executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners, Texas
Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, 333 Guadalupe, Suite #2-510, Austin,
TX 78701-3942, Phone: (512) 305-6900, Fax: (512) 305-695, e-mail:
ECPTOTE@mail.capnet.state.tx.us.
Utah : Division
of Occupational & Professional Licensing, 160 East 300 South, P.O. Box
146741, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6741, Phone: (801) 530-6632, Fax: (801)
530-6511.
Vermont: Secretary
of State’s Office, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609-1106, Phone: (802)
828-2390, Fax: (802) 828-0465.
Virginia: VA Board
of Medicine, 6606 W. Broad Street, 4th Floor, Richmond, VA
23230-1717, Phone: (804) 662-7664.
Washington: Dept. of Health, OT Board, P.O. Box 47868,
Olympia, WA 98504-7868, Phone: (360) 236-4872, Fax: (360) 753-0657. e-mail:carol.neva@doh.wa.gov.
West Virginia: WV Board of OT, 119 South Price Street.
Kingwood, WV 26537, Phone: (304) 329-0480.
Wisconsin: State of
WI Dept. of Reg. & Licensing, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, WI 53708-8935, Phone:
(608) 266-2112 or (608) 266-1396, Fax: (608) 261-7083.
Wyoming: Occupational Licensing Officer, Wyoming Board of
OT, 1116 Logan Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002, Phone: (307) 432-0488; Fax:
(307) 432-0492
e-mail: vspire@missc.state.wy.us.
The following occupational therapy state associations have given NBCOT
permission to link to their respective state association web sites:
Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC)
http://www.healthcaresource.com/otac
Kentucky Occupational Therapy Association (KOTA)
http://members.aol.com/kyotoffice/index.html
Michigan Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA)
http://www.mota.simplenet.com
Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA)
http://www.functionfirst.org
Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA)
http://www.call24online.com/oota
Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA)
http://www.tnota.org
Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA)
http://www.tota.org
Virginia Occupational Therapy Association (VOTA)
http://members.aol.com/VOTA1/index.htm
Other Useful Links
The American Occupation Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA) -
www.aota.org
The Council On Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation (CLEAR) -
www.clearhq.org
Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) -
www.cacenter.org
National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) -
www.noca.org
Interprofessional Workgroup on Health Professions Regulation -
www.ncsbn.org/iwhpr.html
Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB) -
www.farb.org
Educational Testing Service (ETS) -
www.toefl.org
National Commission on Continued Competence -
www.ot-ccc.tdsw.net
