Colorado Chiropractic CE Requirements

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Colorado CE Requirements

Colorado State Board Examiners DC License Renewal Requirements consist of 15 hours that must be completed per year from November 1st through October 31st. Renewal period is every two years. At renewal time, every chiropractor must provide proof of the 15 CE hours during each of the years in the renewal period, which is 30 hours total. 10 hours may be taken online per renewal period.

Continuing Education Requirements:

  • For every license renewal period, up to 10 hours may be obtained through distance learning programs. These may include, but are not limited to, internet education programs, CDs, DVDs, video and audio tapes. To obtain CE credit for distance learning, successful completion of a proficiency testing component is required.
  • At least four of the 30 required hours per renewal period shall be in recordkeeping and documentation.

Course Not Eligible:

  • Courses in the promotion of practice building or office management do not satisfy the requirements. Courses in practices which are outside the chiropractic scope of practice also do not satisfy the requirements.

Chiropractic Scope:

  • A chiropractor must have the knowledge, skill, ability, and documented competency to perform an act that is within the chiropractic scope of practice.
  • Nutritional Remedial Measures means that a doctor of chiropractic may administer, prescribe, recommend, compound, sell and distribute homeopathic and botanical medicines, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants, enzymes, glandular extracts, non-prescription drugs, durable and non-durable medical goods and devices.

Practices that are NOT within the scope of chiropractic practice and invoke the duty to refer provision include, but are not limited to:

  • Treatment of cancer. However, a qualified chiropractor may collaboratively treat cancer in conjunction with, but not replacing, drugs, surgery, or chemotherapy.
  • Obstetrics and Surgery
  • Administration of anesthetics except for topical or over-the-counter anesthetics
  • Prescription of drugs not referenced in Rule 7 C
  • Hypnosis unless used as a procedure to make the adjustment or manipulation more effective and unless the practitioner presents evidence to the Board of having obtained education in hypnosis from an accredited college or Board approved program.

Note: A new licensee, within a period of twelve (12) months or less, is not required to submit CE for license renewal. If a licensee has been licensed for longer than twelve (12) months before the first license renewal period, the licensee is required to submit fifteen (15) of the CE credit hours per year as indicated above.

All subject matter obtained from Colorado State Department of Health.
www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Chiropractic_CE