California licenses renew on their own dates
Most California health licenses don't share a statewide deadline. Each one renews every two years on its own date, often tied to the person's birthday, so any team has renewals spread across the year.
Chiropractors renew every year; everyone else every two years.
Renewal rules by profession
| Profession | Renews | Continuing education | Board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied behavior analysis | Every 2 years with the BACB | 32 continuing education units | BACB (certification) |
| Chiropractic | Every year, by the end of the chiropractor's birth month | 24 hours a year | Board of Chiropractic Examiners |
| Dental | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 50 units | Dental Board of California |
| Marriage and family therapy | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 36 hours | Board of Behavioral Sciences |
| Mental health counseling | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 36 hours | Board of Behavioral Sciences |
| Nursing | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 30 hours | Board of Registered Nursing / BVNPT |
| Occupational therapy | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 24 professional development units | California Board of Occupational Therapy |
| Optometry | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 50 hours | California State Board of Optometry |
| Pharmacy | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 30 hours | California State Board of Pharmacy |
| Physical therapy | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 30 hours | Physical Therapy Board of California |
| Physician assistants | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 50 hours of Category 1 CME | Physician Assistant Board of California |
| Podiatry | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 50 hours | Podiatric Medical Board of California |
| Psychology | Every 2 years, by the psychologist's birth date | 36 hours | California Board of Psychology |
| Social work | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 36 hours | Board of Behavioral Sciences |
| Speech-language pathology | Every 2 years, on each license's own date | 24 hours | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board |
For California employers
- Exclusion screening (OIG, SAM.gov, Medi-Cal)The federal lists plus Medi-Cal's Suspended and Ineligible Provider List, checked monthly.
- How to verify a California licenseLook up any California health care license, read its status, and save proof.
- Background clearance for home health staffHow CDPH criminal record clearance and Live Scan work for home health staff.
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