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Updated 10/10/2011

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NOTE: Individual chiropractic regulatory boards may have additional requirements for CE for relicensure that affect the acceptance of some or all of this program’s educational hours. Program attendees are advised to be informed about the legal requirements for CE in their jurisdictions of licensure.
Alabama - 18 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

    

Distance Allowed: No more than 1/3 hours per renewal cycle

 

2 hrs per year in Alabama Law and Board Rules and Regs
   
Alaska - 24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: No more than 1/3 hours per renewal cycle
  1/3 to 1/2 in radiographic safety, techniques and interpretation or diagnostic imaging; 2 hours in jurisprudence; must be directly related to chiropractic principles, practice or philosophy
   
Arizona - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle - Only if the course is a post-graduate course offered by an accredited college or university
  Approved subjects: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, including physical, clinical, x-ray and laboratory subjects, Chiropractic Orthopedics, Principles of Chiropractic and Adjusting ( this includes record keeping), Neurology, Chemistry including biochemistry and nutrition, Public Health and Hygiene (this includes personal boundaries), Chiropractic Spinal Analysis, Acupuncture, Physiotherapy. 
   
Arkansas - 24 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle
  subject matter defined in statute; requires courses on subject examined for licensure and specialties 
   
California - 12 hours per 1 year renewal until June 30, 2013; then, 24 hours per 1 year renewal 
  Distance Allowed: 0
  4 hours adjustive technique
   
Colorado - 30 hours per 2 year renewal cycle (requires 15 per year)
  Distance Allowed: 10 hours every 2 years; must include a proficiency test
  4 hours every two years in recordkeeping and documentation; required to maintain Health Provider level CPR 
   
Connecticut - 48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 48 hours per renewal cycle - must include a self-assessment
   
   
Delaware - 24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 24 hours per renewal cycle in distance learning that includes live interaction with an instructor; 6 in asynchonous education
  Must include 3 hours in ethics, recordkeeping, or risk management; no practice management 
   
District of Columbia - 24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 24 hours per renewal cycle
   
   
Florida - 40 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 0
  o One (1) hour of risk management CE
o Two (2) hours of Florida laws and rules CE
o Two (2) hour course relating to prevention of medical errors
o Six (6) hours of record keeping/documentation and coding
o Two (2) hours in the area of ethics and boundaries
o For Chiropractic Physicians with Acupuncture Certification – 12 hours in Acupuncture CE
o 27 hours in general CE
 
   
Georgia - 20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 20 hours every 2 years - must be test and time monitored to ensure active participation
  15 Chiropractic Clinical Science; 4 ethics or risk management; 1 GA Jurisprudence
   
Hawaii - 20 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle
  Must be a formal program of learning which will contributed directly to the professional competence of a licensee in public practice (Practice-building NOT approved) 
   
Idaho - 18 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle
  Subjects: anatomy and histology; clinical blood chemistry and hematology; pathology; bacteriology; clinical nutrition; hygiene and sanitation; physiology; symptomatology; urinalysis; chiropractic jurisprudence; chiropractic orthopedics; physiotherapy; chiropractic principles, clinical and physical diagnosis; chiropractic adjustment; neurology, and palpation
   
Illinois - 150 hours per 3 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 150 hours per renewal cycle 
  60 hours in 'formal," 90 hours in "informal"  
   
Indiana - 24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle / maximum 12 hours per year 
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  4 hours of approved courses in public health and/or risk management per year; practice management prohibited 
   
Iowa - 60 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 36 hours per renewal cycle - must have certificate of completion and include a post-test
  36 hours in clinical practice (no more than 12 of these distance); 2 in professional boundaries; 1 hr in Iowa administrative code; 12 in acupuncture if certified 
   
Kansas - 50 hours during 18 months preceding license expiration date (minimum 20 hours in Cat I); 100 hours during 30 months preceding license expiration date (mimimum 40 hours in Cat I); 150 hours during 42 months preceding license expiration date (minimum 60 hours in Cat I) 
  Distance Allowed: No limit 
  Category I: Structured, interactive, formal learning;  Category II: Indirectly related to healing arts skills and knowledge (see KS website for more information 
   
Kentucky - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  Courses must be taken over at least two days; 6 hours must be taken within the state of Kentucky; 2 hours of HIV/AIDs required every 10 years 
   
Louisiana - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle; additional 6 hours of risk management even-numbered years
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  Must build upon the basic courses required for chiropractic practice 
   
Maine - 48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  Category 1 - includes documented physical attendance, subject material related to the concepts of chiropractic principles and practice including, but not limited to, diagnostic procedures, patient care and management; Category 2 - includes instruction, writing on health subjects for publication, participation in accreditation and exam programs, self-instruction, peer review, professional self-assessment programs, CPR certification, wellness programs, others as approved by the board
   
Maryland - 48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 48 hours per renewal cycle 
  3 hours in approved communicable-disease and sanitary procedures; 1 hour in diversity education; 3 hours in risk management; and 1 hour in jurisprudence.  
   
Massachusetts - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  Allowable subject matter includes clinical proficiency, philosophy and ethics, jurisprudence, or the human and biological sciences; Courses devoted to administrative or economic aspects of practice shall not be approved for continuing education credit.  
   
Michigan - 30 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle 
  1 hour in sexual boundaries, 1 hour in ethics, and 1 hour in pain and symptom management 
   
Minnesota - 20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle 
  3 hours in x-ray, 1 hour in professional boundaries, 2 hours in acupuncture (if registered) 
   
Mississippi - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  3 hours in risk management 
   
Missouri - 48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 48 hours per renewal cycle - must be board approved 
  24 hours of formal, board-approved CE in at least 3 of the 16 recognized categories (see MO website); self-study, meetings, publishing, presentations, etc. allowed for up to 24 hours of credit 
   
Montana - 12 hours per 1 year rewnewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  No more than 2 hours of philosophy or practice management; additionaly 4 hours of professional ethics and boundaries required every 4 years;  
   
Nebraska - 36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle 
  Must complete 4 hours of technical skills in x-ray or adjustive techniques, 2 hours in Nebraska scope, and 2 hours related to the use of unlicensed personnel
   
Nevada -  36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 36 hours per renewal cycle
  No practice-building or insurance-billing 
   
New Hampshire - 20 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: No more than 25% of the total hours (currently 5 hours per renewal cycle) 
  Business courses specifically excluded 
   
New Jersey - 30 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 30 hours per renewal cycle 
  2 hours in state laws regarding ethics or recordkeeping; 2 hours in nutrition education 
   
New Mexico - 16 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 8 hours per renewal cycle unless specific approval is obtained
   
   
New York - 36 hours per 3 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  one time 2-hour course in child abuse reporting required; at least 12 hours in patient communications, record keeping, and matters of law and/or ethics
   
North Carolina - 24 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  2 hours in coding; 2 hour in compliance; 2 hours in documentation; 2 hours in ethics; 2 hours in sexual boundaries; 2 hours in NC jurisprudence 
   
North Dakota - 20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle
  4 hours of professional boundaries every 3 years 
   
Ohio - 36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 12 per renewal cycle for in-state licensees; 36 per renewal cycle for out-of-state licensees 
  1.5 hours on ethics or professionalism; for in-state licensees, 24 hours must be earned in-state
   
Oklahoma - 16 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  8 hours must be earned in-state through the state association;  
   
Oregon - 20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle 
  All first time licensees and those changing status from inactive to active must complete 4 hours in over-the-counter non-prescriptive substances 
   
Pennsylvania - 24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 24 hours per renewal cycle 
   
   
Rhode Island - 60 hours per 3 year registration cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 30 hours per registration cycle 
  50 hours in clincially-related courses 
   
South Carolina - 36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 18 hours per renewal cycle 
  2 hours SC rules and regs; 2 hrs risk management 
   
South Dakota - 40 hours per 2 years
  Distance Allowed: 40 hours per 2 years
   
   
Tennessee - 24 hours per 1 year
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per 1 year 
  For licensees with acupuncture certification, 6 hours of acupuncture are required 
   
Texas - 16 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle 
   
   
Utah - 40 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 10 hours per renewal cycle 
  No more than 4 hours of marketing or practice building; licensees who practice acupuncture must complete 10 hours of acupuncture 
   
Vermont -  24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 24 per renewal cycle 
  Practice management, finance, and philosophy prohibited 
   
Virginia -  60 hours per 2 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: n/a 
  Minimum 30 hours in Type 1 (approved by board); maximum 30 hours Type 2 (not approved by board)  
   
Washington - 25 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle 
  Diagnosis and treatment of the spine or immediate articulations within the scope of practice; X-ray/diagnostic imaging; Adjustive technique; Detection of a subluxation; Physical examination; Hygiene; Symptomatology; Neurology; Pathology; Orthopedics; Patient/case management; Impairment within the scope of practice; CPR; Dietary and nutrition advice; and Chiropractic philosophy and business management (not to exceed a total of 8 hours) 
   
West Virginia - 18 hours per 1 year renewal cycle
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle 
  6 hours mandated in Administrative Discounting for 2012 renewal 
   
Wisconsin - 40 hours per 2 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 0 
  Must maintain current CPR certification 
   
Wyoming - 12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 0 
   
   
Puerto Rico - 45 hours per 3 years 
   
   
   
U.S. Virgin Islands - None 
   
   
   
Australia - 25 hours per 1 year
  Distance Allowed: 12.5 hours per 1 year 
   
   
New Zealand - CE requirements anticipated for 2012 
   
   
   
Alberta - 24 hours per 1 year renewal cycle 
  Distance Allowed: 24 per renewal cycle
   
   
British Columbia - 24 hours per 2 years 
  Distance Allowed: at th discretion of the board 
  Minimum 6 hours in x-ray; maximum 6 hours in philosophy 
   
Manitoba - recommended, not mandatory 
   
   
   
New Brunswick - 24 hours per 2 years 
  Distance Allowed: with prior approval
   
   
Newfoundland/Labrador - 12 hours every 2 years 
  Distance Allowed: 12 hours every 2 years
  6 hours in radiology required 
   
Nova Scotia - 24 hours every 2 years 
  Distance Allowed: 6 hours every 2 years 
   
   
Ontario - Self-directed 
   
   
   
Prince Edward Island - 15 hours 
  Practice management prohibited 
   
   
Quebec - 12 hours of radiology annually 
   
   
   
Saskatchewan - 30 hours every 2 years 
  Distance Allowed: 10 hours per 2 years 
  15 hours must be obtained from CAS-provided seminars
 


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