Florida
27 General Hours:3 hours: Risk Management (2 hours must be laws and rules)6 hours: Record Keeping & Documentation & Coding2 hours: Ethics and Boundaries2 hours: Medical ErrorsFor Chiropractic Physicians with Acupuncture Certification – 4 total hours (included in the 40 hours)
Georgia
15 Chiropractic Clinical Science; 4 ethics or risk management; 1 GA Laws and Rules.
Alabama
All licensees must obtain two (2) hours per year in Alabama Law and Board Rules and Regulations as part of the minimum 18 per year.
Mississippi
Doctor: 12 hours, with 3 of these 12 in risk management annually. CA: 6 hours annually.
Tennessee
3 hours sexual boundaries training; 3 hours AIDS awareness/risk prevention (first year).
South-Carolina
North-Carolina
2 hours in coding; 2 hour in compliance; 2 hours in documentation; 2 hours in ethics.
Kentucky
Courses must be taken over at least two days; 6 hours must be taken within the state of Kentucky.
Indiana
Illinois
Hours Required: 150 hours (per 3 year renewal cycle), Online Hours Accepted: 150 hours per renewal cycle.
Nebraska
Must complete 4 hours of technical skills in x-ray or adjustive techniques; and 4 hours in HIV/Aids.
Missouri
24 hours of formal, board-approved CE in at least 3 of the 16 recognized categories (see MO website).
Kansas
Category I: Structured, interactive, formal learning; Category II: Indirectly related to healing arts skills and knowledge.
Texas
Specific Rules: 4 TBCE hours required annually that must consist of 1 hour in risk management and 3 hours covering board rules.
Arkansas
Subject matter defined in statute; requires courses on subject examined for licensure and specialties.
Louisiana
Must build upon the basic courses required for chiropractic practice; Three (3) hours of risk management.
New-Mexico
Hours Required: 16 hours (per 1 year renewal cycle), Online Hours Accepted: 8 hours per renewal cycle unless specific approval is obtained.
Oklahoma
12 hours must be clinical in nature; 8 hours must be earned in-state through an Oklahoma state association.
Utah
No more than 4 hours of marketing or practice building; licensees who practice acupuncture must complete 10 hours of acupuncture.
Colorado
30 hours every two years in record keeping and documentation; required to maintain Health Provider level CPR (does not pre-approve).
Ohio
West-Virginia
The Board may require that six (6) of the eighteen (18) hours pertain to certain subjects, such as communicable diseases.
New-Jersey
2 hours in state laws regarding ethics or record keeping; 2 hours in nutrition education.
Pennsylvania
From Board Laws — A licensee may receive credit for only those hours of continuing chiropractic education in a program approved by the board.
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Must include 1 hr ethics; 1 hr informed consent; 1 hr risk management, laws & rules.
Rhode-Island
Maine
3 hours in approved communicable-disease and sanitary procedures; 1 hour in diversity education.
Vermont
New-Hampshire
New York
New York
Delaware
Must include 3 hours in ethics, record keeping, or risk management; no practice management or other state laws.
Maryland
3 hours in approved communicable-disease and sanitary procedures; 1 hour in diversity education.
Virginia
Minimum 30 hours in Type 1 (hours in chiropractic shall be clinical hours that are approved by a college.
Virginia
Minimum 30 hours in Type 1 (hours in chiropractic shall be clinical hours that are approved by a college.
Minnesota
3 hours in x-ray, 1 hour in professional boundaries, 2 hours in acupuncture (if registered).
Iowa
Hours Required: 60 hours (per 2 year renewal cycle), Online Hours Accepted: Up to 16 hours in clinical case management per renewal cycle.
Wisconsin
Must maintain current CPR certification; Chiropractors with nutritional counseling certificates must complete at least 4 hours of nutrition CE.
Michigan
One (1) hour in sexual boundaries, 1 hour in ethics, and 1 hour in pain and symptom management.
Michigan
One (1) hour in sexual boundaries, 1 hour in ethics, and 1 hour in pain and symptom management.
Montana
No more than 2 hours of philosophy or practice management; 1 hour of professional ethics and boundaries required.
Wyoming
Acceptable subjects shall include, but are not limited to: ethics, technique, physiotherapy, acupuncture, clinical nutrition.
South-Dakota
DC’s must maintain current CPR certification; 8 hours acupuncture required if certified.
North-Dakota
4 hours of professional boundaries every 3 years (included in 20 hours, not above and beyond).
California
2 hours in ethics and law; 4 hours in history taking and physical exam procedures, chiropractic adjustive technique.
Arizona
2 hours must be in record keeping. Approved subjects: Adjusting techniques; spinal analysis.
Washington
Diagnosis and treatment of the spine or immediate articulations within the scope of practice.
Idaho
Must be a formal program of learning which will contributed directly to the professional competence of a licensee in public practice.
Oregon
All first time licensees and those changing status from inactive to active must complete 4 hours in over-the-counter non-prescriptive substances.
Washington D.C.
Diagnosis and treatment of the spine or immediate articulations within the scope of practice.
Alaska
Hawaii
Must be a formal program of learning which will contributed directly to the professional competence of a licensee in public practice.
Blue States: Online continuing education courses are available.
Green States: We do not currently offer continuing education courses.
*Every attempt is made to provide accurate information for CE in states and territories.
Be sure that courses meet all continuing education requirements in your state(s).
