UPDATE 3/16/2020 Relating to COVID-19
Renewing licensees,
Unless there are extreme extenuating circumstances, you are still required to complete your continuing education requirements for renewal. If in-person conferences or classes have been cancelled or postponed, there are online resources available to be able to fulfill those requirements. Please see:
Online CE ResourcesContinuing Education Administrative Rule 811-015-0025
All licensees are responsilbe to know the administrative rule on continuing education.
For Chiropractors (DC)
- Subject
No additional mandated CE beyond the required continued education rule for 2024.
- Hours
- Due Date
- Determined annually, if designated
- More education info
- Subject
Over the counter, non-prescriptive substances – 4 hours
Evidence-based medicine – 2 hours
Cultural Competency – 1 hour
Suicide Intervention Training – 1 hour
- Hours
- 8
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date)
- More education info
- First year CE details and resources
- Subject
Pain Management Education – 7 hours *please see specifics within CE ruleCultural Competency – 2 hoursSuicide Intervention Training – 1 hourGeneral Continuing Education, which must include maintenance of BLS/CPR/AED certification – 10 hours
- Hours
- 20
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date)
- More education info
- Second year CE details and resources
- Subject
Cultural Competency – 2 hours
Suicide Intervention Training – 1 hour
General Continuing Education, which must include maintenance of BLS/CPR/AED certification – 17 hours
- Hours
- 20
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date)
- More education info
- Online CE Education
- Subject
Cultural Competency – 1 hour
Suicide Intervention Training – 1 hour
General Continuing Education, which must include maintenance of BLS/CPR/AED certification – 4 hours
- Hours
- 6
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date)
- More education info
- Online CE Education
- Subject
No education is required to maintain an inactive license. If changing license status to active, or senior active, appropriate education will be due for the year and status activating.
- Hours
- 0
- Due Date
- Not applicable
- More education info
- Subject
The Board performs random audits of continuing education. At the time a licensee receives a request for the continuing education verifications of attendance, they must respond by submitting all proofs of CE that were claimed at the most recent renewal. Hours must have been completed within 12 months of that renewal date.
Licensees are responsible to submit hours equal to their license status.
Failure to respond may result in the issuance of a citation.
- Hours
- Due Date
- Respond within 30 days of request
- More education info
- OAR 811-015-0025
For Chiropractic Assistants (CA)
- License Type
- Assistant
- Subject
Per administrative rule 811-015-0025(5), "The Board may require specific courses as part of a licensee's annual relicensure hours for an upcoming license or certificate period."
For the current calendar year, there are no mandated CE's beyond the required continued education rule.
* Note: This mandate would be in addition to the first renewal "Vitals" requirement for assistants.
- Hours
- Due Date
- Determined annually, if designated.
- More education info
- License Type
- Assistant
- Subject
Two of the required annual hours are to train the CA to take the patient's vitals. Read "More education info" below.
3 hours may cover general subjects related to the assistant's scope of practice, which must include maintenance of BLS/CPR/AED certification, and 1 hour must cover cultural competency.
Here is a list of Live and Online continuing education for general subject matter.
- Hours
- 6
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date)
- More education info
- Vitals training instructions, resources, and required form
- License Type
- Assistant
- Subject
General subjects, cultural competency; and possibly, any board mandates
5 hours may cover general subjects related to the assistant's scope of practice, which must include maintenance of BLS/CPR/AED certification, and 1 hour must cover cultural competency.
- Hours
- 6
- Due Date
- Last day of birth month (renewal date), annually
- More education info
- Live and online CE resources
- License Type
- Assistant
- Subject
The Board performs random audits of continuing education. At the time an assistant receives a request for the continuing education verifications of attendance, they must respond by submitting all proofs of CE that were claimed at the most recent renewal. Hours must have been completed within 12 months of that renewal date.
Failure to respond may result in the issuance of a citation.
- Hours
- 6
- Due Date
- Respond within 30 days of request
- More education info
- OAR 811-015-0025
CE Policies
FAQs
- Question
How do I know a CE program is approved for renewal credit?
- Answer
Read the administrative rules on continuing education. There are guidelines for subject matter and/or activities. Otherwise, the OBCE does not pre-approve programs.
- More Info
- Continuing education OAR 811-015-0025
- FAQ Other Link
- Question
Once I've completed my continuing education hours, do I need to send the certificates to the Board?
- Answer
Generally CAs and DCs do not need to send their CE proofs of completion to the Board, but there are exceptions (shown below). CAs and DCs are required to maintain their own (CE) education records. The recommendation is to keep your CE records for two to three year; make sure you note for which year you completed the hours for renewal credit.
Exceptions
1) Any time you receive a notice that you are being audited, you must respond by submitting the requested documentation.
2) Any Board-mandated CE is required to be submitted; this may include:
- specific subjects in any one year,
- first or second year DC renewal hours, or
- first year CA hours (for example, vitals)
Whenever you are required to submit your proofs of completion, read the instructions you receive carefully. They will indicate your response deadline, and how documents should be submitted.
- More Info
- OBCE's Continuing Education web page
- FAQ Other Link