Welcome to the NBCOT® information page for occupational therapy employers. Find out how OTR® and COTA® certification is recognized as an important benchmark of quality in occupational therapy.

A new enhancement to NBCOT’s certification—a Practice Area of Emphasis— will help you recognize occupational therapy practitioners who are concentrating their professional development in a specific area of practice.  To learn more, click here.

If you are providing professional development courses, make sure to keep them up-to-date on NBCOT’s Professional Development Provider Registry. And, link to this nationwide registry of continuing education providers that continues to grow.

Obtain Verification of Certification request forms to obtain verification that a perspective occupational therapy hire is either OTR or COTA certified and in good standing.

Review the Disciplinary Action Information Exchange Network (DAIEN) for a current listing of NBCOT® as well as state regulatory board actions. Find out about NBCOT's disciplinary action program and how to file a complaint against a certified practitioner who may be in violation of NBCOT's Candidate/Certificant Code of Conduct.

Need information on a practitioner's licensure status? You can link to all the state regulatory boards by browsing onto the State Regulatory Entities listing.

Let us know what you think; are there services and/or additional information that NBCOT® could provide specific to your needs as an employer? Contact Us.