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Kentucky Physical Therapy Continuing Education Requirements

Updated 8/16/2024

How many continuing education hours are required during a reporting period?

Physical therapists licensed in Kentucky must complete thirty (30) contact hours every two (2) years.

Physical therapy assistants licensed in Kentucky must complete twenty (20) contact hours every two (2) years.

New Licensees

N/A

Due Date

On renewal.

How is contact hour defined?

"Contact hour" means a credit earned based on sixty (60) minutes of participation in a physical therapy-related activity.

Can CE credits be carried over into the next reporting period?

N/A

Are there any specific courses that must be taken?

Two (2) hours shall be awarded for the successful completion of the Jurisprudence Examination per biennium.

PTs: At least eighteen (18) hours must be earned from Category 1.  Only ten (10) hours in Category 2 can count toward the total requirement. 

PTAs: At least ten (10) hours must be earned from Category 1.  Only eight (8) hours in Category 2 can count toward the total requirement. 

What types of activities can be used for the continuing education requirements?

Category 1

Type of Activity

Contact Hours

Completion of courses, seminars, workshops, symposia, or home study courses consisting of at least three (3) contact hours that have been approved by the board, the board's designee, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) or its components, or another physical therapy licensing agency.

One (1) contact hour per sixty (60) minutes of coursework.

Completion of courses, seminars, workshops, symposia, or home study courses consisting of less than three (3) contact hours that have been produced and developed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) or its state chapters and sections.

One (1) contact hour per sixty (60) minutes of coursework.

Completion or auditing of an accredited postsecondary educational institution credit course meeting continued competency.

Twelve (12) contact hours shall be awarded for each semester credit hour completed.

Eight (8) contact hours shall be awarded for each quarter credit hour completed.

Presentation of a continued competency course, workshop, seminar, or symposium that has been approved by the board or its designee.

A maximum of three (3) contact hours for preparation may be awarded for each contact hour awarded to participants.

With a maximum of two (2) events of the same course per biennium.

Authorship of a research article, manuscript, or scientific paper, published in the biennium and related to physical therapy.

Fifteen (15) contact hours shall be awarded per event with a maximum of two (2) events per biennium.

A presented scientific poster or scientific platform presentation related to physical therapy.

Ten (10) contact hours shall be awarded per event with a maximum of two (2) events per biennium.

Teaching part of a physical therapy or physical therapist assistant credit course if that teaching is not the primary employment of the credential holder.

A maximum of twenty (20) contact hours per biennium shall be awarded.

American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS) certification.

Twenty-eight (28) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

ABPTS recertification or other certifications and recertifications within the scope of physical therapy practice.

A maximum of twenty-eight (28) contact hours per biennium shall be awarded.

Completion of a clinical residency program or clinical fellowship program.

Not more than five (5) contact hours shall be awarded for each week of residency with a maximum of twenty-eight (28) contact hours per program per biennium.

Engaging in the practice of "physical therapy" at least 1,000 hours per biennium.

Five (5) hours per biennium shall be awarded.

Engaging in the instruction in a CAPTE-accredited physical therapy or physical therapist assistant program at least 1,000 hours per biennium.

Five (5) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

Appointment to the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy.

Four (4) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

Election or appointment to a position of the Kentucky Physical Therapy Association, APTA, or FSBPT as an officer or committee chair.

Four (4) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

Member of a committee or task force for one (1) of the organizations listed above.

One (1) contact hour shall be awarded per biennium.

Category 2

Activity

Hours

Self-instruction from reading professional literature.

One (1) contact hour shall be awarded per biennium.

Attendance at a scientific poster session, lecture, panel, or symposium other than approved courses or other unapproved applicable courses.

One (1) contact hour shall be awarded for each hour of activity up maximum of three (3) hours per course.

Clinical instructor for a CAPTE-approved educational program or an APTA credentialed residency or fellowship program.

Continued competency shall be one (1) contact hour per sixteen (16) hours of student supervision.

Participation in a physical therapy in-service or study group consisting of two (2) or more physical therapists or physical therapist assistants.

A maximum of two (2) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

Participation in community service related to health care.

One (1) contact hour for each hour of participation shall be awarded up to a maximum of two (2) hours per biennium.

Participation as a mentor or mentee in a mentorship program developed by APTA KY.

A maximum of two (2) contact hours shall be awarded per year and a maximum of four (4) contact hours per 6 biennium.

Completion of other healthcare related courses (cardiopulmonary resuscitation initial certification or re-certification, Bloodborne pathogens courses).

A maximum of two (2) contact hours shall be awarded per biennium.

What type of courses or activities are not allowed?

N/A

What type of approval is needed for the courses?

The board, the board's designee, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) or its components, or another physical therapy licensing agency.

What are the reporting requirements?

N/A

How long must continuing education records be retained?

Each licensee shall retain independently verifiable documentation of completion of all continued competency requirements of this administrative regulation for a period of at least two (2) years from the end of the biennium.

Waiver

A licensee shall be granted a temporary hardship extension for an extension of time, not to exceed one (1) renewal cycle, if the licensee:

    • Files a completed Exemption or Extension for Completion of Continued Competency Form, including a plan describing how the required credits will be met, by April 30 of the odd-numbered year in the renewal cycle for which the extension is sought; and
    • Submits documentation showing evidence of undue hardship by reason of the licensee’s:  
      • Disability;
      • Medical condition;
      • Financial condition; or
      • Other clearly mitigating circumstance.

A licensee shall be granted a temporary non-hardship extension of time if the licensee cannot show undue hardship and if the licensee:

    • Files a completed Exemption or Extension for Completion of Continued Competency Form, including a plan describing how the required credits will be met, by March 31 of the odd numbered year in the renewal cycle for which the extension is sought;
    • Pays a fee of $250;
    • Has not received a temporary non hardship extension of time in the prior renewal cycle; and
    • Files proof of compliance with the continued competency requirements by the following July 1.

A licensee on active military duty shall be granted an exemption from continued competency requirements as established in KRS 12.355.

Audit

The licensee shall, within thirty (30) days of a written request from the board, provide evidence of continued competency activities to the board.

References

201 KAR 22:045


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