The Number of CEU Hours Required for Massage Therapists By State:
What does CEU mean in massage? A continuing education unit (CEU), sometimes referred to as continuing education (CEs) or continuing education credits (CECs), measures the amount of continuing education offered by a course. Usually, one credit or unit is equivalent to one hour of education.
- Alabama : 16 hours, due every other year, on the last day of the original licensure month.
- Alaska: 16 hours
- Arizona: 24 hours biennially, 12 continuing education hours from a distance learning format
- Arkansas : 18 hours per 2-year period
- California : No CEU requirements
- Colorado : No CEU requirements
- Connecticut : 24 hours every 4 years
- DC: 12 hours per 2-year period
- Delaware : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Florida : 24 hours biennially, if not your first renewal. 12 hours must be live instruction, the rest can be online.
- Georgia : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Hawaii: No CEU requirements
- Idaho : 6 hours annually (including one hour of ethics)
- Illinois : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Indiana : 22 hours per 2-year period, by June 30th in even years
- Iowa: 16 hours per 2-year period
- Kansas : Not regulated
- Kentucky: 24 hours per 2-year period
- Louisiana : 12 hours per 2-year period
- Maine : No CEU requirements
- Maryland : 24 hours biennially, by October each renewal year.
- Massachusetts : No CEU requirements.
- Michigan : 18 hours per 2-year period
- Minnesota : Not regulated
- Mississippi : 24 hours biennially from CEU Board Approved program
- Missouri : 12 hours per 2-year period
- Montana : 12 hours per 2-year period
- Nebraska : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Nevada : 24 hours per 2-year period
- New Hampshire : 12 hours per 2-year period
- New Jersey : 20 hours per 2-year period
- New Mexico : 16 hours per 2-year period
- New York : 36 hours per 3-year period
- North Carolina : 24 hours per 2-year period
- North Dakota : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Ohio : No CEU requirements
- Oklahoma : 5 hours annually
- Oregon : 25 hours per 2-year period
- Pennsylvania: 24 hours per 2-year period
- Rhode Island : 6 hours annually
- South Carolina : 12 hours per 2-year period
- South Dakota : 8 hours per 2-year period
- Tennessee : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Texas : 12 hours per 2-year period
- Utah : No CEU requirements
- Vermont : Not regulated
- Virginia : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Washington : 24 hours per 2-year period
- West Virginia : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Wisconsin : 24 hours per 2-year period
- Wyoming : Not regulated
Expect More
The Brookbush Institute offers 180+ online continuing education courses (500+ contact hours) developed from comprehensive systematic research reviews in pursuit of an evidence-based, systematic, integrated, patient-centered, and outcome-driven approach. We did not build this company to promote techniques that "work." We have spent more than a decade developing a system of integrating systematic research reviews, comparing outcomes in practice, and integrating colleague feedback to ensure we are only educating on the most effective techniques. It is our mission to optimize the delivery of education for our colleagues and continue the development of a model that results in unparalleled outcomes.
All Brookbush Institute courses are pre-approved for continuing education credits (CEs) for massage therapy license renewal (NCBTMB provider #1315). Further, we know that a combination of manual techniques, corrective exercise, and strength training is a potent mix for improving quality of life, health, and fitness. Because all of our courses are included in one membership and simultaneously count for CEs and certification, we can provide an opportunity for massage therapists to expand their practice, help their clients more, and potentially open new opportunities for career growth. Every course can be completed on desktop or mobile and includes multiple formats to provide the best learning format for wherever you are (live webinar, closed-captioned videos, text with audio voice-over, illustrations, practice exams, credit-worthy final exams, and certificates). Want to get credit during a canceled appointment? Just pull out your phone or laptop, and we have you covered.
Why the Brookbush Institute
- Unparalleled Accuracy of Information: The Brookbush Institute is the only comprehensively evidence-based education platform in the industry. We know that our colleagues want to be better, help more, and deliver unparalleled results, so they need the most accurate information available. The most accurate information can only be achieved with a systematic approach to developing evidence-based courses. That is why every course we offer is built from a systematic review of all available peer-reviewed and published research, with a focus on improving practical application. With the Brookbush Institute, you never have to decide which "expert opinion" you "believe" when two or more courses contradict (which is all too common on other platforms). Although science slowly evolves over time, and our conclusions may be refined, you can be assured that the content we provide is the most well-supported conclusion that could be developed at the time of publication, based on research and outcomes, not expert opinion.
- Designed to be the Education Platform All of Wish Existed: All Brookbush Institute certifications are offered with an innovative system of modular courses, iterative testing, and credits (no summative final exam). Our courses include video, illustrations, audio, and text to ensure the learner has the format that they prefer wherever they are. Listen to courses in the car, watch close-captioned videos during breaks at work, or study the text and take notes at home. We are also incredibly passionate about making it comfortable to study from your phone so that you can sneak in study time at any time. Our goal is to develop the most accessible, flexible, and convenient education platform ever.
- Affordability and Access are Part of our Mission: We are the only education provider in the industry to include our certifications in a true monthly (or yearly) membership plan. This reduces the initial cost of certification to just 3 - 5% of comparable certifications, and you can cancel anytime.
