Massachusetts PT CEU Courses

The following excerpts were retrieved from the the 259 CMR 7.00: BOARD OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CONTINUING COMPETENCE Regulations on 8/13/2026. Please note that we are providing this for your information only. It is the responsibility of the licensee to know and keep up to date with their state’s regulations.

• • • “7.01: Continuing Competence Requirements (1) Licensed physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and occupational therapy assistants (hereinafter collectively “physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals”) are required, as a condition of license renewal, to complete a minimum of 24 points of Board recognized activities for maintaining continuing competence during the preceding biennial renewal period. For each renewal period, each physical and occupational therapy professional’s continuing competency points must include two points in ethics, laws and regulations governing practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or some combination thereof. Provided, however, that no sooner than four years following April 29, 2022, the Board will review the continuing competence offerings in ethics and law and regulations governing practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in order to assess the continued validity of this mandated subject-matter material, including the breadth, depth, and variety of materials offered to licensees as well as compliance with its mandate.”
    • “7.03: Verification/Approval of Provider Continuing Competence Programs and Activities
      • (1) For a program or activity to be eligible for approval for continuing competence points, the program or activity content shall directly relate to the practice of occupational therapy or physical therapy in the Commonwealth and the educational objectives shall exceed a basic level of knowledge as it relates to physical therapy or occupational therapy professional practice.
      • (2) Programs or activities meeting the requirements of 259 CMR 7.03(1) and endorsed or sponsored by the following organizations shall be deemed approved for continuing competence points:
        • (b) The activity or program has been reviewed and approved for continuing competence credit by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., the Board of Certification, Inc., or a state, regional or professional society or association in the field of physical or occupational therapy;
        • (c) The activity or program has been approved for continuing competence credit by a governmental agency in any other state, province, territory or political subdivision of the United States or Canada which is responsible for the licensure, certification or registration of physical therapists or occupational therapists;…”