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Iowa Chiropractor (DC) CE category requirements

How the 40 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for chiropractors in Iowa, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Clinical case management (at least 36 hours; at least 20 must be in person with the instructor in the same room)
36h
Iowa chiropractic rules/statutes — 481—Ch 841-846, Iowa Code ch. 151 (2 hours in the first biennial period)
1h
Professional boundaries (ethics-related)
2h

40 hours per biennium (481—844.2). At least 36 hours in clinical case management, with at least 20 earned in person with the instructor in the same room (the remaining 16 may be independent study/online). 2 hours in professional boundaries and 1 hour in Iowa rules/statutes are required each biennium (2 hours of Iowa law in the first biennial period). Up to 50% (20 hours) of excess hours may be carried forward (eff. 6/18/25); the mandatory boundaries, abuse-training, and Iowa-law hours must be completed each biennium and cannot be carried over. Child/dependent adult abuse mandatory-reporter training applies on its own statutory schedule (841.6(4)), separate from the 40 hours. No CE is required for the first renewal except 2 hours of Iowa law.

Official source: Iowa Admin. Code 481—844 (Continuing Education for Chiropractic Physicians)

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