Ohio PT and PTA license renewal and continuing education
Ohio rule 4755:2-3-01 states: “A physical therapist shall complete a minimum of twenty-four units of continuing education activities within the two year renewal cycle.” For PTAs, the rule sets “a minimum of twelve units”.
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.
Sources read on November 12, 2026: Ohio Administrative Code rule 4755:2-3-01, Continuing education (effective April 3, 2026) and rule 4755:2-3-02, Waivers for continuing education, on the Ohio Laws site, for the physical therapy section of the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Trainers Board.
Ethics and jurisprudence
PTs and PTAs “shall complete at least two hours of ethics through a renewal jurisprudence module as determined by the physical therapy section.” Those two hours count toward the total (paraphrased).
Units and carryover
A “unit” is “one clock hour spent in a continuing education activity”. “Accumulated continuing education units may not be carried over from one renewal period to another.”
First renewal
“License holders are not required to obtain any continuing education units for the first renewal.” A reinstated license valid for twelve months or less needs half the hours, without the category limits or the jurisprudence module (paraphrased).
Approval numbers
Unless an activity is in the rule’s list of academic coursework, clinical instruction, mentoring, residencies, fellowships, and volunteer work, “completed continuing education activities shall have a current Ohio approval number.” That list includes ABPTS specialty exams, credentialed residencies and fellowships, clinical instruction, and courses developed and delivered by APTA or its academies and sections (paraphrased).
Audits
The physical therapy section audits a number of license holders each renewal year, and failing to provide proof or to respond to an audit notice “will result in the commencement of disciplinary action.”
Waivers
The section may grant waivers or extensions “not to exceed two calendar years in cases involving illness, disability, or undue hardship.” Requests are due by November first before the renewal deadline (paraphrased).
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.