NAC640.400. General requirements.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, every physical therapist or physical therapist’s assistant must complete 1.5 units of an approved course within the year immediately preceding his or her application for the renewal of his or her license, of which not more than 0.8 units may be completed in nonclinical courses.

     2. The Board will not approve as training for continuing education experience acquired in fields that it determines are unrelated to the practice of physical therapy.

     3. A person who is initially licensed as a physical therapist or physical therapist’s assistant between February 1 and July 31 is not required to complete the requirements for continuing education for the period of licensing which ends on July 31 of that year.

     4. A physical therapist or physical therapist’s assistant who is licensed between August 1 and January 31 must complete the requirements for continuing education before his or her license is renewed. The number of units of continuing education required to be earned must be computed on the basis of .125 units for each month he or she was licensed during that year.

     5. A physical therapist or physical therapist’s assistant who graduated from a school in which he or she completed a curriculum of physical therapy approved by the Board and who is licensed by the Board within 12 months immediately preceding the date for the renewal of his or her license is not required to complete the requirements for continuing education for the year in which the initial license is issued.

     6. Continuing education hours earned through completing a specific course may be counted only once toward the units of continuing education required by this section during a 3-year period, even if the licensee completes that course more than once during that 3-year period.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Phys. Therapy Exam’rs, eff. 10-17-86; A 5-19-88; 6-11-90; 3-28-95; R153-98, 12-18-98; R111-02, 1-24-2003; R059-06, 9-18-2006)