Sec. 10.38.08.08. Continuing Education Unit Requirements for Physical Therapy Clinical Practice

A. Continuing Education is a requirement for renewal or reinstatement of licenses for a physical therapy clinical practice.

B. Activities meeting the criteria for continuing education requirements for practice of physical therapy may be classified as follows:

(1) Postgraduate academic course work in physical therapy taken at an accredited college or university may earn 1 CEU per credit hour;

(2) Attendance at Board-approved or American Physical Therapy Association sponsored continuing education courses or workshops may earn 1 CEU for every 10 contact hours;

(3) Presentation of a continuing education course or workshop may earn 2 contact hours for every hour of presentation with presentations of the same subject matter receiving CEU credit only once in a 2-year period;

(4) Authoring, co-authoring, or editing of a book, book chapter, or refereed journal article may earn 3 CEUs with proof accompanying the request for approval;

(5) Authoring an abstract may earn 1 CEU;

(6) Completion of an approved self-study course may earn 1 contact hour per interactive hour;

(7) Completion of an approved internet course may earn 1 contact hour per interactive hour;

(8) Completion of continuing education relevant to the administration of physical therapy practice may earn up to 1.5 CEUs; or

(9) Postgraduate academic course work in administration of the practice of physical therapy may earn a maximum of 1.5 CEUs in each 2-year period.

C. CEUs may not be carried over from one renewal period to the next.

D. Failure to substantiate CEUs if requested by the Board shall result in denial of license renewal or of reinstatement of a license.

E. If the licensee has met all the requirements for renewal, the Board may renew a license for the first renewal period following the issuance of the original license without requiring the physical therapist or the physical therapist assistant to complete any CEUs, if, at the time of renewal, the original license was issued 1-year or less before the renewal date.

F. To aid licensees in the selection of appropriate continuing education courses, the Board may review, without charge, a course brochure, outline, or agenda before the licensee attends the course, if the request is submitted at least 1 month before the course date.