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Inactive Status is available to therapists who are due to
recertify, but who do not have enough hours to meet the requirements
to recertify by professional development. It gives you additional
time to meet the recertification requirements without having
to take the examination. Inactive status can be selected for
one year at a time up to five years maximum.
Details for Inactive Status
| Dates and
Fees |
| December 31st |
Final application
deadline for Inactive Status |
$100 |
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Return Check Fee |
$25 |
Fees may be submitted by credit card, check, or money order
in U.S. funds made payable to “HTCC.”
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General Requirements
- You must be a current CHT (Active or Inactive) in good
standing.
- You must have a current professional credential to practice as an OT or PT. Depending on your profession and where you
practice, a professional credential may include a license,
certificate, or registration. In all cases, it is the credential
that you need to legally practice in that location.
This credential must be active and you must be in good standing with the agency that issued it.
- You can apply for Inactive Status only at the time you
are due to recertify, not during your recertification cycle.
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Work and Professional Development Requirements
No work or professional development hours are required if
you plan to become Inactive.
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Recertification Procedures for CHTs Who Are Currently
Inactive
If you are currently Inactive and wish to apply for Recertification,
you must meet the general requirements. You may then recertify
either by:
Taking the CHT exam, which is given the first Friday and Saturday in May and November
or
Meeting Work and Professional Development Requirements
for Recertification by Professional Development
Please Note: For 2011, your accrual cycle for Professional
Development Activities will be Jan 1, 2006 through November 15, 2011.
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Policies for Inactive Status
- Inactive Status must be renewed annually. If it is not
renewed, certification will lapse.
- Work hours and professional development hours can only be accrued in the most recent five years, and the accrual cycle advances one year each year that a CHT is Inactive.
- A CHT may remain Inactive for up to five years.
- A CHT may take the exam at any time it is offered to
reactivate status.
- An Inactive CHT will not be displayed in the HTCC online
directory.
- During the time of Inactive Status, therapists are not
allowed to use the CHT credential. Therapists who use the
CHT credential during an inactive period lose the right
to reactivate their credential by any means (professional
development activities or examination) for a period of 10
years.
- The CHT must sign the application form, acknowledging
the conditions of Inactive Status.
- Inactive Status will take effect January 1st.
Example:
- A CHT
is due for recertification but cannot meet the requirements
and applies for Inactive Status, which becomes effective on January 1st of the next year.
- Each year the CHT is Inactive, the
accrual cycle for work and professional development
activities advances one year.
- When the CHT meets the requirements and submits
an application for Recertification, a new accrual cycle for work experience
and continuing education begins the day the application
is approved and ends on November 15, five years later.
- The initial CHT number
is retained, but the new recertification cycle will
be for five years from the date of renewal.
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How to Apply
Apply Online
Click here to go to the online application
Apply by Mail
You may apply anytime during the year your certification
expires, but you must submit your application by December
31st of that year. If you do not, your certification will
expire and you will have to take the examination to renew
it.
Click
here to Download the Inactive Status Application.
 Please
Note: This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do
not already have Adobe Acrobat reader, click
here to download it now.
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