Review licensure.

Licensure is required in order to practice as a PT or work as a PTA in the United States. The Physical Therapy Licensure Compact is an agreement that creates a way for PTs and PTAs to practice or work in multiple member states.

Dive deeper.

Here are two topics you should review:

• Payment. Short version: It's always changing. And there's an evolution toward value-based care.
• Scope of practice. This is always evolving, too, and it's affected by your personal clinical experience.

Read up.

APTA members have unlimited access to content on apta.org, including content from APTA Magazine, PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, and full-text literature searches from APTA Article Search.

Also, see what's new in our evidence-based practice resources area.

Catch up with online learning.

The APTA Learning Center offers a wide range of self-paced courses, certificates, and bundles to support students, new graduates, and practicing clinicians. APTA members also have access to exclusive discounts and over 50 free courses.

Here are some courses to consider:

• PT/PTA License Renewal + First-Year Foundations Bundle
  This comprehensive course bundle helps clinicians meet common license renewal CEU requirements while building essential career knowledge.

• Continuing Competence for Physical Therapists
  This foundational course explains how physical therapists become licensed, maintain competence, and select high-quality continuing education.

• Compliance-Related Continuing Education
  Many states require specific compliance-based coursework as part of license renewal. Explore available compliance-related courses that may help meet these requirements.

• Professionalism and Ethics in Physical Therapy: Fundamental Series
  This course series provides essential instruction on ethics, professional responsibility, ethical decision-making, and provider well-being.

• Clinical Insights: Effective Decision-Making in Primary Care
  This course is ideal if you want an update or refresher on imaging, laboratory testing, pharmacology, triage, red-flag screening, and differential diagnosis. It is also approved for Direct Access CEU in Pennsylvania.

• APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates Series (2026)
  This webinar series provides timely updates on major federal regulatory changes and commercial payer policies impacting physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.