LIST OF PACE ACCEPTED STATES FROM THE FCLB
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States that Accept PACE

States that accept PACE without "Pre-Check" or additional application to the State regulatory board.  See the MAP for all the State's in DARK BLUE

Please review your State to ensure the provisions and restrictions for CEU content and format are met before taking any course that you intend to use to satisfy your CEU requirements for licensure. Most boards accept PACE courses.  Look for your state below to find out the best way to search for CE and what you need to know when selecting a course.

States listed below accept PACE providers without Pre-Check.  States not listed below do not accept PACE.  Please check with your board directly.

Alaska

32 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: No more than 16 hours per renewal cycle
  • 8 hours in diagnostic imaging/X-ray; 2 hours coding and documentation; 2 hours in ethics and boundaries; 2 hours in CPR
  • (accepts PACE)

Connecticut

48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 48 hours per renewal cycle - must include a self-assessment
  • Must include 1 hr ethics; 1 hr informed consent; 1 hr risk management, laws & rules, including informed consent; 2 hrs every 6 years in mental health conditions common to veterans and their families (does not pre-approve)
  • (accepts PACE)

District of Columbia

24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 24 hours per renewal cycle
  • (accepts PACE)

Idaho

18 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 18 hours per renewal cycle
  • Licensees MUST read both Rules 350 and 351 to ensure courses are in line with board standards.
  • (accepts PACE)

Indiana

24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle / maximum 12 hours per year

  • Distance Allowed: 0
  • 4 hours of approved courses in public health and/or risk management per year; practice management prohibited
  • (accepts PACE)

Iowa

40 hours per 2 year renewal cycle (July 1 to June 30)

  • Distance Allowed: Up to 16 hours in clinical case management per renewal cycle 36 hours in clinical practice (see above for distance limitations); 2 in professional boundaries; 1 hr in Iowa administrative code; 12 in acupuncture, if certified
  • (accepts PACE)

Kansas

15 month update: 50 hours  (minimum 20 hours in Cat I); 30 month update: 100 hours  (minimum 40 hours in Cat I); 42 month update: 150 hours (minimum 60 hours in Cat I) 

  • Distance Allowed: No limit
  • Category I: Structured, interactive, formal learning;  Category II: Indirectly related to healing arts skills and knowledge (see KS website for more information
  • (accepts PACE)

Maine

You need 48 hours per renewal cycle (2 years)

  • 12 of those can be earned online
  • (accepts PACE)

Maryland

48 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 48 hours per renewal cycle
  • 5 hours in risk management including 1 hour in jurisprudence and 3 hours communicable disease training
  • (accepts PACE)

Massachusetts

12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle (April 1 - May 31)

  • Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle
  • Allowable subject matter includes clinical proficiency, philosophy and ethics, jurisprudence, or the human and biological sciences; Courses devoted to administrative or economic aspects of practice shall not be approved for continuing education credit.
  • (accepts PACE)

Minnesota

20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle
  • 20-hour requirement must include 3 hours in radiology/advanced imaging, 1 hour in professional boundaries, 2 hours in acupuncture (if registered), 6 hours in addition to the 20 hours in animal chiropractic (if registered).  Note professional boundaries refers to preserving the Doctor/Patient relationship.
  • (accepts PACE)

Montana

13 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 13 hours per renewal cycle
  • No more than 2 hours of philosophy or practice management; 1 hour of professional ethics and boundaries required
  • (accepts PACE)

Nebraska

36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle (August 1 - July 31)

  • Distance Allowed: 6 hours per renewal cycle
  • Must complete 4 hours of technical skills in x-ray or adjustive techniques; and 4 hours in HIV/Aids, infectious diseases; boundary training; Nebraska scope; lab testing and interpretation; physical, neurological and orthopedic exam; fraud prevention; rehab; ethics; or use of unlicensed personnel.  Maximum 8 hours CE per day.  Does not pre-approve; acceptable programs/activities available on NE website (page 17).
  • (accepts PACE)

New Hampshire

20 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: No more than 25% of the total hours (currently 5 hours per renewal cycle)
  • Business courses specifically excluded; maximum 10 hours credit per day.
  • (accepts PACE)

New Jersey

30 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 12 in asynchronous distance learning; or 30 in synchronous distance learning
  • 2 hours in state laws regarding ethics or record keeping; 2 hours in nutrition education; maximum 10 hours of CE per day
  • (accepts PACE)

North Carolina

18 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 8 hours per renewal cycle
  • 2 hours in coding; 2 hour in compliance; 2 hours in documentation; 2 hours in ethics; 2 hours in sexual boundaries; 2 hours in NC jurisprudence every 5 years
  • (accepts PACE)

North Dakota

20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle
  • 4 hours of professional boundaries every 3 years; for licensees authorized to practice acupuncture, 2 hours of acupuncture CE required
  • (accepts PACE)

Ohio

36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 36 hours
  • 2 hours on ethics or professionalism, human trafficking awareness, laws and rules of the board
  • Topics related to billing and coding, risk management, malpractice defense, legal courses, and practice building are not eligible for CE
  • (accepts PACE)

Oregon

20 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 20 hours per renewal cycle
  • All first time licensees and those changing status from inactive to active must complete 4 hours in over-the-counter non-prescriptive substances
  • (accepts PACE)

Rhode Island

60 hours per 3 year registration cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 30 hours per registration cycle
  • 50 hours in clinically-related courses
  • (accepts PACE)

South Carolina

36 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 18 hours per renewal cycle
  • 2 hours SC rules and regs; 2 hrs risk management
  • (accepts PACE)

South Dakota

40 hours per 2 years (January 1 to December 31)

  • Distance Allowed: 40 hours per 2 years; online courses MUST include an end of seminar quiz with at least a 70% passing score required.
  • DCs must maintain current CPR certification; 8 hours acupuncture required if certified.  
  • (accepts PACE)

Utah

40 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 10 hours per renewal cycle
  • No more than 4 hours of marketing or practice building; licensees who practice acupuncture must complete 10 hours of acupuncture
  • (accepts PACE)

Vermont

24 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 24 per renewal cycle
  • Practice management, finance, and philosophy prohibited
  • (accepts PACE)

Virginia

60 hours per 2 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: Not specified
  • Minimum 30 hours in Type 1 (approved by board); maximum 30 hours Type 2 (not approved by board)
  • (accepts PACE)

Washington

25 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 12 hours per renewal cycle
  • Diagnosis and treatment of the spine or immediate articulations within the scope of practice; X-ray/diagnostic imaging; Adjustive technique; Detection of a subluxation; Physical examination; Hygiene; Symptomatology; Neurology; Pathology; Orthopedics; Patient/case management; Impairment within the scope of practice; CPR; Dietary and nutrition advice; and Chiropractic philosophy and business management (not to exceed a total of 8 hours)
  • 1-time requirement: 3 hrs suicide prevention screening
  • (accepts PACE)

Wyoming

12 hours per 1 year renewal cycle

  • Distance Allowed: 4
  • (accepts PACE)

Puerto Rico

45 hours per 3 years

  • Distance Allowed: 15
  • (accepts PACE)

Nova Scotia

24 hours every 2 years

  • Distance Allowed: 6 hours every 2 years
  • (accepts PACE)