Hawaii Continuing Education Requirements

• (A) Communication and interpersonal skills;
• (B) Universal precautions (infection control);
• (C) Safety and emergency procedures, including Heimlich maneuver;
• (D) Understanding and promoting client independence;
• (E) Respecting client rights;
• (F) Basic nursing skills, including recognizing abnormal changes in body functioning and the importance of reporting changes to a supervisor;
• (G) Personal care skills to maintain elderly, disabled, and cognitively impaired clients in home-like settings;
• (H) Mental health and social service needs and resources; 
• (I) Basic restorative services;
• (J) Health care delivery systems in Hawaii with an emphasis on agencies and facilities that care for the aged and disabled; and
• (K) Best practices in the care of clients with diabetes, end-stage renal disease, cancer, and clients who are terminally ill.

If you have prescriptive authority, you must complete a total of 30 hours of continuing education, of which at least 8 hours in pharmacology and 22 hours in your practice specialty.

1. At least twenty-four (24) CCUs in subjects related to either:
   • The professional practice of physical therapy (which includes but is not limited to professional accountability, professional behavior, and professional development); or
   • Patient/client management (which includes but is not limited to examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and prognosis; plan of care; implementation; education; and discharge); and
2. Two (2) CCUs in ethics, laws, and rules (jurisprudence), or some combination thereof (Please note: the two (2) CCUs must cover Hawaii’s laws and rules governing the practice of physical therapy. Eligible courses must be approved by the Hawaii Board of Physical Therapy (“Board”). Please check the List of Board-Approved Continuing Competence on the Board’s website.); and
3. Four (4) CCUs in life support for health care professionals; provided that such training shall be comparable to, or more advanced than, the American Heart Association's basic life support health care provider course. 

• Ethics, Law and Jurisprudence

• The athletic trainer's name, business address, a current, active, and unencumbered certification from the Board of Certification, Inc., including the certification number, and information on any complaints filed against the athletic trainer with the Board of Certification, Inc.,or with any state agency that regulates athletic trainers, including the status and disposition of all complaints.
• An athletic trainer shall have and maintain current and active status certification from the Board of Certification, Inc., as a condition of registration.

If you have prescriptive authority, you must complete a total of 30 hours of continuing education, of which at least 8 hours in pharmacology and 22 hours in your practice specialty.

30 hours of continuing education, of which at least 8 hours in pharmacology and 22 hours in your practice specialty

If you have prescriptive authority, you must complete a total of 30 hours of continuing education, of which at least 8 hours in pharmacology and 22 hours in your practice specialty.