New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 39A - STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Subchapter 9 - CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMPETENCY
Section 13:39A-9.2 - Credit hour requirements
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) below, each applicant for biennial license renewal as a licensed physical therapist and as a licensed physical therapist assistant shall complete during the preceding biennial period a minimum of 30 credits of continuing education and competency, which shall include four credits of jurisprudence and professional ethics.
(b) An applicant for biennial license renewal as a licensed physical therapist or as a licensed physical therapist assistant who receives an initial license in the first year of a biennial period shall complete a minimum of 15 of the 30 required credits of continuing education and competency during that biennial renewal period. An applicant for biennial license renewal as a licensed physical therapist or as a licensed physical therapist assistant who receives an initial license in the second year of a biennial period shall be exempt from completing continuing education and competency credits during that biennial renewal period.
(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, an hour of continuing education and competency means 60 minutes of instructional time spent in learning activities, exclusive of breaks, meals, pre-tests, or vendor exhibits.
(d) Any continuing education and competency courses, programs, or seminars directed or ordered by the Board to be taken by a licensee as all or part of a disciplinary or remedial measure or to remediate a deficiency in continuing education and competency credits for a prior biennial renewal period shall not qualify to fulfill the mandatory continuing education and competency requirements required for biennial renewal.
