Kansas PT & PTA continuing education requirements

Board-verified details Last checked 2026-10-17

PT hours

40 contact hours

PTA hours

20 contact hours

Renewal cycle

1 year

Ethics, jurisprudence & required topics

PT: Kansas jurisprudence assessment module each CE cycle (counts 1 hour)

Live vs. online limits

Correspondence, audio, video and internet courses with a printed completion verification count as self-instruction. Reading professional literature max 2 hours; student supervision max 3 hours per period.

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Full requirements

PT hours required
40 contact hours (K.A.R. 100-29-9)
Source: [3]
PTA hours required
20 contact hours (K.A.R. 100-29-9)
Source: [3]
Renewal cycle
1 year
Source: [4]
Deadline pattern (PT)
Annual renewal November 15 to January 31 (late January 1-31). CE evidence (40 hours over the prior two years) is due with odd-numbered-year renewals.
Source: [1] [2]
Deadline pattern (PTA)
Same as PTs (20 hours, odd-year renewals).
Source: [1] [2]
Live / in-person / online limits
Correspondence, audio, video and internet courses with a printed completion verification count as self-instruction. Reading professional literature max 2 hours; student supervision max 3 hours per period.
Source: [2]
Required topics
  • PT: Kansas jurisprudence assessment module each CE cycle (counts 1 hour)

Source: [2]
Course approval rules
FSBPT approval model: Type 1 (No evaluation required).
Source: [6]
Other renewal requirements
  • Jurisprudence assessment required at renewal (per FSBPT)
  • Professional liability insurance (per FSBPT)

Source: [5]
Official state board
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
(785) 296-7413 · [email protected]

Notes

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Sources

Numbers next to each field point to the source(s) used for that field.

  1. https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/departments/licensing/renewal-dates
  2. https://www.sos.ks.gov/publications/Register/Volume-41/Issues/Issue-35/09-01-22-50477.html
  3. https://www.fsbpt.org/lrg/Home/LicenseRenewalUnitsRequired
  4. https://www.fsbpt.org/lrg/Home/LicensureRenewalTerm
  5. https://www.fsbpt.org/lrg/Home/LicensureRenewalRequirement
  6. https://www.fsbpt.org/lrg/Home/LicenseRenewalCourseApproval

Last checked: 2026-10-17. Primary source: https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/departments/licensing/renewal-dates