Chiropractic Online Education Guidelines

Each Louisiana chiropractic license is renewed annually on or before December 31, on payment of the renewal fee under R.S. 37:2809 and presentation to the Board of certificates showing satisfactory attendance at approved programs totaling fifteen hours of classroom instruction. The statute was amended in 2017 (Act 255) to raise the total from twelve hours to fifteen and to fold the former even-year risk-management block into the annual requirement.

For good and reasonable cause the Board may waive the educational requirement, the renewal fee, or both (R.S. 37:2810(A)(2)). Licensees on active military duty are covered by a separate waiver provision (R.S. 37:2814).

The statute reads: "At least three of the fifteen hours shall be in the subject of risk management, which shall include one hour of ethics." In practice most licensees see this on certificates as two hours of risk management plus one hour of ethics, which is how the Board's approved-seminar list annotates qualifying programs.

Under the Board's seminar-approval criteria (as of January 20, 2022), the Board member assigned to review continuing education may accept only programs that are sponsored by a state chiropractic association or by a college or university whose Doctor of Chiropractic degree program is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE), and that build upon the basic courses required for the practice of chiropractic.

A program may include up to three hours of chiropractic philosophy but must exclude practice building and practice management. The Board may make exceptions where a speaker's credentials or the program content warrant approval or disapproval, and it publishes its approved seminars by sponsor.

Louisiana is listed by the FCLB as a PACE Precheck jurisdiction. Precheck describes the Board's review process for PACE-recognized providers; it does not change the classroom-instruction requirement, and no PACE, college-sponsored, or association-sponsored program earns Louisiana credit when delivered online.

Late renewal. A licensee who fails to renew by December 31 may renew within sixty days by paying the renewal fee plus the delinquent renewal fee provided in R.S. 37:2809. If the fees remain unpaid after the sixtieth day, the delinquent fee increases by $100 for each additional month or part of a month the renewal fee goes unpaid. The Board may refuse to renew any license until all delinquent costs, fees, or fines it has imposed are paid (R.S. 37:2810(B), (D)).

Inactive status. A licensee may be granted inactive status by written request and payment of the inactive renewal fee. An inactive licensee keeps the license but may not practice chiropractic and must continue to meet all educational requirements for renewal. Returning to active status requires a written request and proof of fifteen hours of continuing education annually, payment of the annual inactive renewal fees, the active license fee, and a reinstatement fee; a licensee who does not meet these provisions may be required to reapply for licensure (R.S. 37:2810(C)).

Louisiana's renewal is certificate-driven: the licensee presents attendance certificates to the Board with the renewal, so the paperwork is the compliance record. Keep every certificate with the program name, sponsor, date, hours, and the risk-management and ethics hours identified on its face, and confirm before you register that the program appears on the Board's approved-seminar list or is sponsored by a qualifying association or CCE-accredited college.

Retain your certificates beyond the renewal year. The statute does not set a retention period for CE certificates, so treat the Board's ability to refuse renewal over unresolved deficiencies as the practical reason to keep a multi-year file. Verify current fees, forms, and any rule changes at lachiropracticboard.com.

Fifteen hours of Board-approved classroom instruction per year, completed and documented by December 31. At least three of the fifteen hours must be in risk management, and that block must include one hour of ethics. The requirement is set by Louisiana Revised Statute 37:2810.

No. Louisiana Revised Statute 37:2810 requires fifteen hours of classroom instruction, and the Board does not accept online, on-demand, or distance-learning courses toward renewal. CE must be earned at Board-approved in-person programs. If the Board changes this rule, CCEDseminars will update this page.

Under the Board's seminar-approval criteria, a program must be sponsored by a state chiropractic association or by a college or university whose Doctor of Chiropractic program is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education, and it must build on the basic courses required for chiropractic practice. Up to three hours of chiropractic philosophy may be included; practice-building and practice-management content is excluded. The Board may grant exceptions based on a speaker's credentials or program content, and it publishes a list of approved seminars by sponsor.

A licensee who misses December 31 may still renew within sixty days by paying the renewal fee plus the delinquent renewal fee set under R.S. 37:2809. After the sixtieth day the delinquent fee increases by one hundred dollars for each additional month or part of a month the renewal remains unpaid, and the Board may refuse to renew until all delinquent costs, fees, or fines are paid.

Not at this time. CCEDseminars delivers online and live-webinar continuing education, and Louisiana currently accepts only classroom instruction. Louisiana chiropractors who also hold licenses in states that accept PACE-approved online or live-webinar CE can use CCEDseminars certificates toward those licenses while completing their Louisiana hours in person.