CONTINUING EDUCATION
License Renewal Requirements for Physical Therapists + Physical Therapy Assistants
CE Broker
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Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy accepts the use of CE Broker – continuing education system to find, track, and report continuing education to the board. Take our course(s) or seminars and we will automatically report your continuing education hours once you receive your Certificate of Completion.
Continuing Competence Requirements
The current continuing competence requirement in Arizona will be due on August 31, 2026.
Physical Therapist: 20 CCH
A licensed physical therapist shall earn 20 contact hours of continuing competence for each compliance period to be eligible for license renewal.
- The licensee shall earn at least 10 contact hours from Category A continuing competence activities.
Physical Therapist Assistant: 10 CCH
A certified physical therapist assistant shall earn 10 contact hours of continuing competence for each compliance period to be eligible for certificate renewal.
- The certificate holder shall earn at least 6 contact hours from Category A continuing competence activities.
Requirements for Renewal
The rules that describe continuing competence activities (Article 4 in the board’s administrative rules, A.A.C. R4-24-401–R4-24-303) establish 3 categories of activities that can fulfill the requirement for license renewal, which is 20 hours during each 2 year compliance period. A compliance period begins on September 1st of even-numbered years and ends on August 31st of the following even-numbered year.
At least 10 contact hours must be from Category A, up to the entire 20 contact hour requirement. No more than 10 hours may be utilized from a combination of Category B and/or Category C activities. Due to the variety of conversions used to determine CEU’s by different organizations, the rules require “contact hours” rather than “CEUs” as the measurement of continuing competence activities.
A licensee or certificate holder shall not carry over contact hours from one compliance period to another.
Licensees will submit a signed statement to the board on their license renewal application affirming that they have obtained the required continuing competence hours for renewal of license.
Effective June 30, 2021