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Minnesota Physical Therapy Continuing Education Requirements |
Updated 8/18/2024
How many continuing education hours are required during a reporting period?
Physical therapists licensed in Minnesota must complete twenty (20) hours of continuing education every two (2) years.
Physical therapy assistants licensed in Minnesota must complete twenty (20) hours of continuing education every two (2) years.
New Licensees
For PTs and PTAs, the first two (2) year continuing education cycle begins on the January 1st following the date of initial licensure. Future cycles will run consecutively from that point. Continuing education courses taken between the date of initial licensure and January 1st of the following year may be credited toward the first cycle.
Due Date
To look up the continuing education reporting date log in to the online user account: https://phy.hlb.state.mn.us/#/login
How is credit hour defined?
One (1) hour of credit shall be given for each sixty (60) minutes actually spent on educational activities.
Can CE credits be carried over into the next reporting period?
N/A
Are there any specific courses that must be taken?
A minimum of two (2) of the twenty (20) hours of continuing education each cycle shall be on professional ethics directly related to the practice of physical therapy.
What types of activities can be used for the continuing education requirements?
Publications
Up to nine (9) total hours may be earned by a PT or PTA for any combination of the following activities:
Education and Teaching
Up to nine (9) total hours may be earned by a PT or PTA for any combination of the following activities:
Coursework
A maximum of eighteen (18) hours may be earned for the following activities:
Self-Assessment
A maximum of three (3) hours may be earned for completion of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) self-assessment tools or APTA self-assessment tools.
Are there limitations on the types of courses that can be taken?
N/A
What type of courses or activities are not allowed?
Credit shall not be given for entertainment or recreational activities or programs, employment orientation sessions, holding an office or serving as an organizational delegate, individual self-directed study programs, management seminars not directly concerning physical therapy operations, meetings for the purpose of making policy, or noneducational association meetings.
What type of approval is needed for the courses?
The board shall automatically grant continuing education credit meeting the standards for educational activities:
What are the reporting requirements?
At the license renewal immediately following the PT and PTA two (2) year continuing education cycle, licensees shall attest to compliance.
To look up the continuing education reporting date log in to the online user account: https://phy.hlb.state.mn.us/#/login
How long must continuing education records be retained?
The board may request evidence of continuing education for up to two (2) consecutive compliance periods.
Waiver
N/A
Audit
Periodically, the board shall select a sample of the licensed PTs and PTAs and request evidence of the continuing education to which they attested. The board may request evidence of continuing education for up to two consecutive compliance periods. The compliance period or periods for which the board requests evidence of continuing education must be those immediately preceding the current compliance period. Documentation may come directly from the licensee or from state or national organizations that maintain those types of records.
References
Minn. R. 5601.2100 - 5601.2600
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