California license renewal guides
Renewal deadlines and continuing education for every profession we cover, and the checks California health care employers run on their staff.
By profession
- Nursing license renewal (RN, LVN)Two-year cycles tied to each nurse's birthday, the 30 CE hours, and the implicit bias course.
- Dental license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 50 units.
- Social work license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 36 hours.
- Mental health counseling license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 36 hours.
- Psychology license renewalEvery 2 years, by the psychologist's birth date. 36 hours.
- Physician assistants license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 50 hours of Category 1 CME, or current NCCPA certification.
- Applied behavior analysis license renewalEvery 2 years with the BACB. 32 continuing education units, including ethics.
- Optometry license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 50 hours, 35 of them on ocular disease.
- Chiropractic license renewalEvery year, by the end of the chiropractor's birth month. 24 hours a year.
- Marriage and family therapy license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 36 hours.
- Physical therapy license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 30 hours (15 in the first 13 to 24 months of licensure).
- Pharmacy license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 30 hours.
- Speech-language pathology license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 24 hours.
- Podiatry license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 50 hours.
- Occupational therapy license renewalEvery 2 years, on each license's own date. 24 professional development units.
For 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.
Screen your California staff every month
StaffScreen, our sister service, checks your whole team against the federal OIG and SAM.gov exclusion lists every month and emails you a dated certificate for your compliance file. California customers hear first when the California License Directory roster opens.
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