Nevada Physical Therapist Assistant license renewal and CE requirements

Summary

Nevada physical therapist assistants must complete 15 contact hours of continuing education every year to renew their license with the Nevada Physical Therapy Board. Physical therapist assistant licenses renew every year. NAC 640.400 measures the continuing education against the year immediately preceding the renewal application and describes the licensing period as ending July 31. Renewal is done in the licensee portal with CE Broker and can be started up to 60 days before the expiration date shown on the license. Nevada also mandates specific subjects. Cultural, Access, and Ethical Standards (DEI): 1 contact hour every renewal cycle. Nevada Jurisprudence Exam (NVJAM): required every renewal cycle.

Nevada Physical Therapist Assistant renewal and continuing education rules

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The board's renewal page states that each licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant must complete 15 hours of continuing competency in the year immediately preceding the application for renewal, so the physical therapist assistant requirement matches the physical therapist requirement. NAC 640.400(1) states the same rule in the board's older unit: every physical therapist or physical therapist assistant must complete 1.5 units of an approved course in the preceding year, of which not more than 0.8 units may be nonclinical, and NAC 640.006 defines a unit of continuing education as 10 hours of instruction, so 1.5 units is 15 hours and the nonclinical cap is 8 hours. First-year rules in NAC 640.400 apply to physical therapist assistants by name: a person first licensed between February 1 and July 31 owes no continuing education for the licensing period ending that July 31; a person licensed between August 1 and January 31 owes 0.125 units, that is 1.25 hours, for each month licensed; and a graduate of a board-approved program licensed within the 12 months before the renewal date owes none for the year of initial licensure. A specific course counts only once toward the requirement in a 3-year period. The board's page caps professional activities at 8 CCUs and advanced competency at 14 CCUs toward the minimum and states that all approved courses on its lists are approved for both PT and PTA licensees.

Required CE topics for Nevada physical therapist assistants

State-specific subject mandates. Where a mandate applies only to some licensees, the scope is listed.

Documentation and audit

Common questions

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

Nevada physical therapist assistants must complete 15 contact hours of continuing education every year to renew their license with the Nevada Physical Therapy Board. The board's renewal page states that each licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant must complete 15 hours of continuing competency in the year immediately preceding the application for renewal, so the physical therapist assistant requirement matches the physical therapist requirement. NAC 640.400(1) states the same rule in the board's older unit: every physical therapist or physical therapist assistant must complete 1.5 units of an approved course in the preceding year, of which not more than 0.8 units may be nonclinical, and NAC 640.006 defines a unit of continuing education as 10 hours of instruction, so 1.5 units is 15 hours and the nonclinical cap is 8 hours. First-year rules in NAC 640.400 apply to physical therapist assistants by name: a person first licensed between February 1 and July 31 owes no continuing education for the licensing period ending that July 31; a person licensed between August 1 and January 31 owes 0.125 units, that is 1.25 hours, for each month licensed; and a graduate of a board-approved program licensed within the 12 months before the renewal date owes none for the year of initial licensure. A specific course counts only once toward the requirement in a 3-year period. The board's page caps professional activities at 8 CCUs and advanced competency at 14 CCUs toward the minimum and states that all approved courses on its lists are approved for both PT and PTA licensees.

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

Physical Therapist Assistant licenses in Nevada renew every year. Physical therapist assistant licenses renew every year. NAC 640.400 measures the continuing education against the year immediately preceding the renewal application and describes the licensing period as ending July 31. Renewal is done in the licensee portal with CE Broker and can be started up to 60 days before the expiration date shown on the license.

What specific CE topics are required for Nevada physical therapist assistants?

Cultural, Access, and Ethical Standards (DEI): 1 contact hour every renewal cycle. Nevada Jurisprudence Exam (NVJAM): required every renewal cycle.

Do Nevada physical therapist assistants have to submit CE certificates at renewal?

Proof of completion must be submitted with the renewal, the board audits a sample of renewals and asks for documentation, and records must be kept for 4 years. Courses must be approved for Nevada; CAPTE-accredited physical therapy programs are recognized providers without applying to the board, and other providers must apply (NAC 640.410). A licensee who takes a course that has not been reviewed can submit it for review by the board's Advisory Committee on Continuing Competency through CE Broker. Activities are reported through CE Broker as part of the renewal. NAC 640.510 requires a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to keep the certificate of completion, or other board-approved documentation, for 4 years after the course and to submit a copy on request, and the board conducts random audits of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who have renewed.

Sources

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

• Nevada Administrative Code Chapter 640, Physical Therapists (NAC 640.006, 640.400, 640.410, 640.420, 640.510)Statute or administrative rule, accessed September 8, 2026
• License Renewal and Continuing Competence, Nevada Physical Therapy BoardState board page, accessed September 8, 2026

Nevada applies one continuing competence requirement to physical therapists and physical therapist assistants: NAC 640.400 names both credentials in the same sentence, and the board's renewal page repeats it as 15 hours for each licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant. The two sources agree once units are converted, since NAC 640.006 defines a unit as 10 hours. Carryover is recorded as null because neither NAC 640 nor the board page read here addresses it; the board's Continuing Competency Model, which the physical therapist record cites for the no-carryover rule, is a PDF at https://ptboard.nv.gov/siteassets/content/ce/acce/continuing-competency-2026.pdf and was not opened. NAC 640 caps nonclinical courses at 8 hours but sets no self-study or online cap, so max_self_study_or_online is null. Expiration is tied to the date the license was issued or a date the board prescribes, so basis is recorded as other; the licensee's own date is shown in the portal.