The Safe Haven program trainings count for 1 hour of continuing education credit! FREE!

OhioPHP assists hundreds of healthcare workers across the state with a wide range of concerns including stress, burnout, mental health, or substance use disorders and much more!

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All meetings will take place in-person at the Vern Riffe Center, 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

July 13, 2023 - 9:00 AM Physical Therapy Section Riffe 31st Floor, North Room

July 19, 2023 - 9:00 AM OPP Advisory Council. Riffe 19th Floor, Room 1924

July 31, 2023 - 9:00 AM Athletic Trainers Section Riffe 31st Floor, West B & C

August 10, 2023 - 9:00 AM Occupational Therapy Section Riffe 19th Floor, Room 1918

To request ADA accommodation please contact Janine Burnside with the Ohio Office of Budget and Management via email (Janine.Burnside@obm.ohio.gov) or phone (614-728-8233)

The OT Section of the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board has released a new ethics updates webinar that is worth one hour of free continuing education credit for the category of ethics/jurisprudence. You can take this course at the link below. You may also reach this link from the OT Continuing education webpage. https://otptat.ohio.gov/Occupational-Therapy/Continuing-Education

**NEW** 2023 OT Section Updates - can be used for Ethics/Jurisprudence credit – NEW CE OPPORTUNITY

Read the latest edition of the OTPTAT Board newsletter here.

Occupational Therapist licenses expire on June 30, 2023.

Please renew as soon as possible to avoid any technical issues with the renewal process and to ensure you receive timely assistance.  You cannot practice in the state of Ohio with an expired license. You cannot renew late.

Visit https://elicense.ohio.gov/OH_CommunitiesLogin to renew. Preferred browser is Google Chrome.

If you need assistance logging in, please contact (855) 405-5514 Monday-Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.

For assistance and questions not related to logging into eLicense, feel free to contact the board at Board@otptat.ohio.gov or (614) 466-3774.  

Note on continuing education: You must have completed 20 hours of continuing education between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023, but you do not need to submit certificates at this time. Please retain them for at least two years in case you are selected for audit.

OTPTAT Board license holders should be aware that a scam continues to target licensees. Scammers are calling medical professionals spoofing the OTPTAT Board's main line and claiming to be investigators for the OTPTAT Board or other law enforcement agencies. The scam claims that the target's license to practice has been revoked due to allegations of drug trafficking. The scam will then request money to be wired to a foreign bank account.

Please note that an investigative agent from the Board will never ask for a payment over the phone. Any disciplinary action will include an official notice of hearing by either certified mail or personal service. The Board will never contact you over the telephone to tell you that your license has been revoked.

If you are contacted by a scammer, you may verify that it is a scam by hanging up and calling the Board's main line and asking for the enforcement unit to file a complaint. Also, please report the incident to your local law enforcement and the Ohio Attorney General's Office by filing a complaint online at http://ohioprotects.org or by calling 800-282-0515.

A new feature has been enabled in the eLicense Ohio system to allow license holders to log into the system and pull up a copy of your wall license. To do so, please log into the eLicense Ohio website (http://elicense.ohio.gov) and click the “options” tab on your license. One of the menu options will be “download wall certificate.” This will bring up a copy of your wall certificate and allow you to print it or save it to your phone or other electronic device. Step-by-step instructions are available for your assistance.

As a result of this new feature, the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board recently made a change to Ohio Administrative Code for the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainer sections. This change allows a license holder to display their wall certificate on an electronic device as a way of meeting the requirement for license display. The Board recognizes that we live in an increasingly mobile world and use of this feature enhances the ability to display your license at the request of anyone who may wish to see proof of licensure. 

Replacement wall certificates will still be available by request for those who wish to continue to use a hard copy for a fee of $10. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at Board@otptat.ohio.gov.