Kentucky PT and PTA license renewal and continued competency
Kentucky regulation 201 KAR 22:045 states: “For a physical therapist, the board shall require thirty (30) contact hours as a condition of licensure renewal.” For a physical therapist assistant, “the board shall require twenty (20) contact hours as a condition of renewal.”
Quoted from official pages checked November 12, 2026. Confirm current requirements, fees, and dates on those sites. This page is not legal advice and does not guarantee eligibility, certification, or licensure.
Source read on November 12, 2026: 201 KAR 22:045, Continued competency requirements and procedures on the Kentucky General Assembly site. It covers physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.
Jurisprudence
For both PTs and PTAs: “Two (2) hours shall be awarded for the successful completion of the Jurisprudence Examination per biennium.”
Categories
PTs need at least 18 hours from Category 1 and may count no more than 10 from Category 2; PTAs need at least 10 from Category 1 and may count no more than 8 from Category 2 (paraphrased). “A participant shall not be awarded contact hours for a course that is repeated more than once in the same biennium.”
Credit
A contact hour “means a credit earned based on sixty (60) minutes of participation in a physical therapy-related activity.”
Records
“Each licensee shall retain independently verifiable documentation of completion of all continued competency requirements of this administrative regulation for a period of at least two (2) years from the end of the biennium.” Licensees must provide evidence within 30 days of a written board request (paraphrased). The regulation read does not name a carryover allowance.
What this page does not do
It covers the state physical therapy license only, and only what the official page or pages named above say. It does not list fees and does not replace the board’s own instructions. Rules change; check the board before you renew.