Arizona PT & PTA continuing education requirements

Board-verified details Last checked 2026-10-17

PT hours

20 contact hours

PTA hours

10 contact hours

Renewal cycle

2 years

Ethics, jurisprudence & required topics

None. The Board's continuing competence overview lists no mandatory topic hours.

Live vs. online limits

PT: at least 10 hours Category A (approved courses, online or in person, no maximum); Category B (study groups, self-instruction by correspondence/video/internet, in-services) and C combined max 10, max 5 per…

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Full requirements

PT hours required
20 contact hours (AZ Admin. Code § R4-24-402 (A))
Source: [3]
PTA hours required
10 contact hours (AZ Admin. Code § R4-24-402 (A))
Source: [3]
Renewal cycle
2 years
Source: [4]
Deadline pattern (PT)
Two-year compliance period runs September 1 of an even-numbered year to August 31 of the next even-numbered year. Licenses not renewed by August 31 (most recently 8/31/2026) are administratively suspended.
Source: [1] [2]
Deadline pattern (PTA)
Same as PTs (PT and PTA licenses both expired 8/31/2026 if not renewed).
Source: [2]
Live / in-person / online limits
PT: at least 10 hours Category A (approved courses, online or in person, no maximum); Category B (study groups, self-instruction by correspondence/video/internet, in-services) and C combined max 10, max 5 per subsection. PTA: at least 6 Category A; B and C combined max 4, max 2 per subsection. No more than half of Category A hours from non-clinical coursework.
Source: [1]
Required topics
  • None. The Board's continuing competence overview lists no mandatory topic hours.

Source: [1]
Course approval rules
FSBPT approval model: Type 5 (Hybrid: some activities approved by virtue of sponsor, others require evaluation). Recognized approvers listed by FSBPT: FSBPT (incl. ProCert), State PT association, Regionally accredited colleges/universities, APTA, AMA, Other.
Source: [6]
Official state board
Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy
(602) 274-0236 · [email protected]
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Sources

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

  1. https://ptboard.az.gov/resources/continuing-competence
  2. https://ptboard.az.gov/renewals
  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://ptboard.az.gov/resources/continuing-competence