Nebraska Physical Therapist Assistant license renewal and CE requirements

Summary

Nebraska physical therapist assistants must complete 10 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Board of Physical Therapy. Physical therapist assistant licenses expire on November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the same date used for physical therapists. Complete the 10 hours of acceptable continuing education before that date and renew through the DHHS Licensure Unit.

Nebraska Physical Therapist Assistant renewal and continuing education rules

"Not stated" means the board's pages and rules we read do not address it. We do not fill in typical values.

The DHHS Licensure Unit's Physical Therapy page lists the requirements separately by credential: a physical therapist needs 20 hours of acceptable continuing education and a physical therapist assistant needs 10 hours, both against a November 1 odd-year expiration. The physical therapist assistant requirement is half the physical therapist requirement. The Board of Physical Therapy does not pre-approve continuing education or continuing education providers. The detailed rule, Title 172 Chapter 137 of the Nebraska Administrative Code, sets the definition of an hour, the category caps, and the list of credited activities, but Nebraska publishes that chapter only as a PDF, which was not opened, so caps, carryover, first-renewal treatment, and retention are recorded as null.

Required CE topics for Nebraska physical therapist assistants

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Board of Physical Therapy pages and rules we read do not mandate specific subject areas for this license type. Hours may be in any approved subject.

Documentation and audit

Common questions

How many CE hours does a Nebraska PTA need to renew?

Nebraska physical therapist assistants must complete 10 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Board of Physical Therapy. The DHHS Licensure Unit's Physical Therapy page lists the requirements separately by credential: a physical therapist needs 20 hours of acceptable continuing education and a physical therapist assistant needs 10 hours, both against a November 1 odd-year expiration. The physical therapist assistant requirement is half the physical therapist requirement. The Board of Physical Therapy does not pre-approve continuing education or continuing education providers. The detailed rule, Title 172 Chapter 137 of the Nebraska Administrative Code, sets the definition of an hour, the category caps, and the list of credited activities, but Nebraska publishes that chapter only as a PDF, which was not opened, so caps, carryover, first-renewal treatment, and retention are recorded as null.

How often does a Nebraska PTA license need to be renewed?

Physical Therapist Assistant licenses in Nebraska renew every two years. Physical therapist assistant licenses expire on November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the same date used for physical therapists. Complete the 10 hours of acceptable continuing education before that date and renew through the DHHS Licensure Unit.

Does Nebraska require specific CE topics for physical therapist assistants?

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Board of Physical Therapy does not list mandated subject areas for PTA renewal on the pages we verified; the 10 contact hours may be in any approved subject.

Sources

Last verified September 8, 2026. Every value above was read from one of these.

• Physical Therapy (Renewal and Continuing Competency section), Nebraska DHHS Licensure UnitState board page, accessed September 8, 2026

Both core values, the November 1 odd-year expiration and the 10-hour requirement, are stated for physical therapist assistants specifically on the state licensing unit's own page, which lists PT and PTA separately. No Nebraska CE subject mandates for physical therapist assistants appear on that page; the Nebraska jurisprudence examination and law tutorial are optional credit-earning activities for licensees rather than requirements, and they are described in the rule chapter that was not read, so mandatory_topics is empty. Title 172 Chapter 137 is published as a PDF at http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H8310/R172.0137-2020.pdf and the board's acceptable-CE handout at https://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Documents/PTAcceptableCE.pdf; neither was opened under the no-download rule, so the per-category caps and credited activities that the physical therapist record carries are left null here rather than copied across.