Continuing Education

Kentucky law requires that all actively practicing chiropractors annually complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours of Board approved continuining education, over at least two (2) days, six (6) hours of which must be obtained within Kentucky.  Continuing education must be completed, and proof provided to the Board, no later than March 1 of each year to avoid the $300 late fee.

All first year licensees shall successfully complete the two (2) hour Kentucky State Chiropractic Jurisprudence course prior to their first license renewal.  This course shall satisfy two (2) of the required twelve (12) hours of continuing education.

In addition, all licensees must complete a minimum of two hours of HIV/AIDS training, approved by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, every ten (10) years beginning in 2010.  You may visit the CHFS website for a list of approved HIV/AIDS courses.

The following requirements must be met in order to receive approval of a postgraduate course of study or an educational program for this purpose:

1) A postgraduate course of study must be sponsored at or by a chiropractic college FULLY accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) and must consist of at least 12 hours of instruction over at least 2 days.
 
2) An educational program must meet the following requirements:

a)  It must be sponsored by a national or state chartered organization of Chiropractors and be open to all doctors of chiropractic in Kentucky who desire to attend.

b) The instructors and speakers shall be generally recognized to have a national reputation in the field of chiropractic education or allied sciences or they shall be generally recognized as having a high degree of skill in the field in which he/she instructs or speaks.  The program to be presented must contain subjects that will be of significant benefit to licensees and on a post-graduate level of education.
 
c)  The sponsoring party must provide and present the following information to the Executive Secretary of this Board: the name of the course; the name of the sponsoring organization; the objective of the program; the number of hours over which the educational program will be presented and the dates of the program; the names of the instructors and speakers and the name and address of the institution which they are associated with, if applicable; the instructor’s educational background and other relevant qualifications; and the name and address of the certifying officer.

d)  The program must be submitted to the Board for approval at least 60 days prior to the date of presentation.  Within 30 days of completion of the program, the sponsoring party shall submit to the Board, a written certification of the licensees in attendance at the program, the sessions attended by each and the number of hours of each session attended.

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