Free CE for Physical Therapists / Kansas
Kansas physical therapists must complete 40 contact hours and certified physical therapist assistants 20 in each 2-year period, reported only at odd-numbered-year renewals even though the license itself renews annually.
✓ Verified against the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts on August 4, 2026
| Topic | Hours | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas physical therapy jurisprudence assessment module (FSBPT-administered) | 1 | every CE cycle; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS ONLY — not required of PTAs; counts within the 40 |
K.A.R. 100-29-9 (last amended September 16, 2022) and K.S.A. 65-2910. Kansas has NO standalone physical therapy board — PTs and PTAs are regulated by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, and the terminology differs from most states: a PT holds a LICENSE while a PTA holds a CERTIFICATE ("certified physical therapist assistant"). A Kansas contact hour is 60 minutes. Renewal is annual, with the window running November 15 to January 31, but CE evidence is submitted only as a condition of renewal in ODD-numbered years; K.A.R. 100-29-9(a)(1)(B) expressly excuses submission in even-numbered years. Proration under (c): initially licensed or certified less than one year before an odd-year renewal means no CE is owed for that first renewal; between one and two years means half (20 hours PT, 10 PTA). A hardship extension of up to 6 months is available under (b). Kansas has NO mandated ethics hours and NO opioid or pain-management mandate — ethics is merely one of eight permitted content areas under (e). There is NO cap on internet, correspondence, audio, or video courses; the 2-hour limit in (f)(9)(A) applies only to reading professional literature, and there is no live-hour minimum. Kansas is a submit-at-renewal jurisdiction rather than an attest-and-audit one: (h) requires the licensee to file documented evidence of completion with the board, so no random-audit percentage and no separate retention period appear in the rule — do not publish either. One open item: K.A.R. 100-29-8, which sets the exact expiration-date mechanics, was not read verbatim; the November 15 / December 31 / January 31 reading comes from the board's published renewal-dates table plus the 30-day grace period in K.S.A. 65-2910.
Yes — Kansas recognizes continuing education approved by another state's physical therapy board or APTA chapter, so our courses (approved through the Texas Physical Therapy Association) can count toward your renewal. Read the caveat below before you rely on it.
One caveat: Kansas is the lowest-friction state in this batch, but for an unusual reason: the regulation contains no approving-agency requirement at all. K.A.R. 100-29-9 has no approved-provider list, no board pre-approval process, and no sponsor registry — acceptability turns only on the activity being related to physical therapy practice, falling within one of the eight content areas in subsection (e), and matching a listed activity type. Our courses qualify under (f)(9)(B), "completion of a correspondence, audio, video, or internet course for which a printed verification of successful completion is provided." So the TPTA approval is neither required nor disqualifying here — it is simply irrelevant. The only build requirement is a printable completion certificate. This reading rests on the absence of an approval requirement across the complete rule rather than on an affirmative acceptance clause, so a confirming call to the board (785-296-7413) would be worth making before leaning on Kansas heavily.
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/departments/licensing/licensure-types-designations/physical-therapist
Requirements change. Confirm all figures on the board site above before relying on them.
Pulse offers free CE for PTs and PTAs. Local healthcare organizations cover the cost — you pay nothing, and the hours apply toward your Kansas requirement (subject to the board rules above).
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