Hello CSW members,

We have been working with the Chiropractic Board of Examiners to clarify the new online CE options available to Wisconsin chiropractors.

The online rule became effective in 2022. It was our understanding that the rule was not retroactive and that only 8 hours of online would be available for the final 2022 reporting period.

At the recent CBOE meeting in October, the Board, based on the opinion of their board attorney, voted to allow 16 hours of online CE for the upcoming December reporting period. A decision that the CSW posted in a previous memo to our members.

There is a new and important update to this ruling. Please read this email carefully to ensure you meet all the hour requirements for this reporting period. Scroll down to read the ruling basics.

The CSW submitted a question requesting clarification of the Board Attorney’s opinion related to the issue with the disallowance of any carryover hours from the 2019-2020 period for any CE over 40 hours. Basically, how would the 16 hours of online work if the chiropractor already had achieved 40 hours of CE for the 2019-2020 period.

This was the response we received from the Board’s attorney:

“Under current Chir 5, a chiropractor may take up to 8 hours of their continuing education requirement online per biennium. If a chiropractor did not finish their 2019-2020 requirement at any point prior to the enactment of the new rule, under the board’s extension of the deadline, they may take 8 hours of online CE toward that requirement. If a chiropractor finished their 40 hours for the 2019-2020 biennium at any point before the online CE rule went into effect, they cannot 'carry forward' the 8 hour online option.  

To put it simply, you are allotted 8 online hours for 2019-2020 and 8 for 2021-2022.” 

To clarify the attorney's words for our members, the 16 hours of online CE is not automatically acceptable. A chiropractor is eligible for UP TO 16 hours of online depending on when they took their CE programs.

Reviewal of the original ruling:

1. The Board determined that the pandemic made it difficult for DCs/CTs/CRTs to achieve all 40 hrs of CE before the end of the 2019-2020 reporting period.
2. The Board determined that they would not require a chiropractor, CT or CRT to report in December 2020 and extended the reporting period to 2022.
3. A chiropractor/CT/CRT must have 80/12/24 hrs of CE by December 2022.

Specifics to keep in mind:

1. There is no carry over allowed for more than 40 hours from 2019-20 to 2022. You may count up to 40 hrs for DC (6 for CT/12 for CRT) from the 2019-20 period. If you did 60 hrs of CE during the 2019-20 timeframe you are capped at 40 and canNOT carryover the extra 20 hours. 
2. If you choose, you may do all 80 CE hours in this current reporting period. There was no restriction to the number of hours you may receive during the second reporting period.
3. For online, DCs may receive up to 16 hours of online hours. As noted above, if you reported 40 for 2019-20, then you may only have 8 hrs of online available for the final reporting period.
4. If you achieved 32 or less hours during the 2019-2020 timeframe, then you may count 16 hrs of online for the final 2022 report.

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