Updated for 2026

Alaska Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements

Alaska psychologists must complete 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew their Psychologist license, including 3 hours of professional ethics.

40hours every 2 years
Topic minimums, counted within the 40
3professional ethics

Next deadline: June 30, 2027The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by June 30 of odd years.

What the board saysAlaska board rule
Each psychologist or psychological associate seeking license renewal shall obtain and document an average of 20 credit hours of continuing education for each year1 during the concluding licensing period. … at least three of the total credit hours2 of continuing education required for the concluding licensing period must be in professional ethics2. (c) At least half of the required continuing education hours must be obtained by means of live interactive programs3, courses, or training sessions. … a psychologist or psychological associate may obtain one hour of continuing education credit for physically attending two hours of a regularly scheduled meeting of the board. … may claim a maximum of two continuing education credit hours4 for attendance as described under this subsection. … INDIVIDUAL STUDY. … (b) Credit awarded under this section may not exceed one half of the total hours required5 in any licensing renewal period.
What it means
  1. 40 hours every 2 years (20 a year on average)
  2. 3 hours of professional ethics
  3. At least half the hours (20) earned live
  4. No more than 2 hours for board meeting attendance
  5. No more than half the hours (20) from home study
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Requirements

Alaska Psychologist requirements

Total

40 hoursYou need 40 hours every 2 years. The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by June 30 of odd years.

Topic minimums, counted within the 40

The remaining 37 hours are not tied to a topic minimum.
Professional Ethics
3
You need 3 hours each cycle.

Limits on how the hours are earned

Live
min 20 hrs
Home study / self-study
max 20 hrs
Teaching
max 13.3 hrs
Publication
max 20 hrs
Board meeting attendance
max 2 hrs

Up to 20 hours may be completed through home study / self-study.

At least 20 hours must be earned live.

Cycle and record rules

Renewal
The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by June 30 of odd years.
Renewal fee
The board renewal fee is $500 every 2 years.
New licensees
The first renewal is different. New licensees have adjusted first-cycle requirements, such as prorated hours or first-cycle-only rules, and we apply them automatically.
Approved providers
For sponsored continuing education, qualifying CE may be offered or sponsored by apa approved provider, national professional association, and accredited university and recognized associations in psychology, psychiatry, social work, mft, nursing, and medicine.
Recordkeeping
Keep CE documentation for 4 years after each course's completion date.
Board audit
The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.
Late renewal
The board allows a 60-day grace period after expiration. A late renewal adds a late fee.

To keep your proof in order, see what to keep for a CE audit, which covers every state’s retention period and what the audit notice asks for.

Your hours

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Enter the hours you have completed this cycle to see what is left before June 30, 2027.

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Also hold a Alaska LPC license? Each board runs its own CE cycle. See the Alaska LPC requirements.

Full board policy details
  • Self-study/individual study (formal correspondence, noninteractive electronic media, or other individual study) may not exceed one-half of the total hours required in any licensing renewal period (12 AAC 60.310(b)). Non-college individual-study sources must meet 12 AAC 60.300(b); college/university individual-study hours must be graduate-level (12 AAC 60.310(c)-(d)).
  • At least half of the required CE hours must be obtained by means of live interactive programs, courses, or training sessions (12 AAC 60.260(c), effective 5/3/2025). "Live interactive" means students and instructors engage with the content and each other at the same time in real time; it may be in-person or through the Internet and may not be pre-recorded or self-study (12 AAC 60.260(d)). Live interactive online courses are treated as live, not self-study.
  • Academic coursework must be from a regionally accredited college/university and, for periods on/after July 1, 2007, must be graduate-level (12 AAC 60.280(e), 60.310(c)). Auditing an academic course is creditable (12 AAC 60.270(d)).
  • COURSE REPEAT RESTRICTIONS: Instructor/discussion-leader credit is awarded only for the initial course of instruction of a subject matter unless there have been substantially new developments in the subject since the prior presentation (12 AAC 60.320(a)). Instructor credit is capped at one-third of the required total and may not be claimed in the same renewal in which publications/presentations credit is claimed (12 AAC 60.320(b), 60.330(b)). MANUAL REVIEW, INSTRUCTOR/PUBLICATION MUTUAL EXCLUSION NOT ENFORCED: the engine has no cross-credit exclusion primitive, so a licensee claiming both instructor and publication credit in one renewal is not flagged automatically; check at audit/review. No express prohibition on an attendee taking the same course twice; attendee admissibility is governed by the subject/competency test in 12 AAC 60.290.
  • LICENSE STATUS RULES: No inactive or retired psychologist tier exists, 12 AAC 02.330 establishes no inactive/retired fee or status, so a licensee either maintains an active (fully CE-compliant) license or the license lapses. Reactivation/reinstatement requires submission of proof of completion of ALL required CE credit hours for the concluding period (12 AAC 60.340(a); 12 AAC 02.965(a)); with board approval those credits may be earned after expiration but may not be reused for a future renewal. A license lapsed for five years or more may not be renewed (AS 08.01.100(d)). Hardship/illness/military/ disability relief: a licensee unable to obtain required CE due to reasonable cause or excusable neglect (chronic illness, retirement, military service, or board-determined hardship, 12 AAC 60.990(a)(4)) must request exemption status in writing; the board prescribes an alternative method of compliance case-by-case (12 AAC 60.340(b)). Active- duty military CE waiver available under AS 08.01.100(f)-(g). MANUAL REVIEW: reactivation makeup obligation is duration/period-dependent and not represented as a fixed conditional requirement.
  • No carryover of excess CE hours is permitted; Article 6 is silent on carry-forward, and 12 AAC 02.965(a) bars reinstatement/lapse-cure credits from satisfying future renewals.
  • No CE-shortfall conditional/provisional registration exists. Per AS 08.01.100(c), CE requirements must be satisfied before a license is renewed; a licensee short on CE must seek a hardship exemption/alternative compliance (12 AAC 60.340(b)) or let the license lapse and reinstate after completing all required CE. The only automatic extension is an administrative auto-extension of up to three months when a complete renewal application/ payment was submitted (12 AAC 02.940(e)), not a CE cure.

Alaska Psychologist CE: frequently asked questions

How many CE hours do Alaska Psychologist licensees need?

Alaska requires 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew a Psychologist license. The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by June 30 of odd years.

How many ethics hours are required for Alaska Psychologist licensees?

Of the total, 3 hours must be in professional ethics.

How often do Alaska Psychologist licensees renew?

The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by June 30 of odd years.

How much does Alaska Psychologist license renewal cost?

The board's renewal fee is $500 every 2 years, per the Alaska board fee schedule. CE course costs are separate and set by course providers.

Can Alaska Psychologist licensees complete CE online or by home study?

Up to 20 hours may be completed through home study / self-study. At least 20 hours must be earned live.

Is the first renewal different for new Alaska Psychologist licensees?

The first renewal is different. New licensees have adjusted first-cycle requirements, such as prorated hours or first-cycle-only rules, and we apply them automatically.

Sources and verification

State source
Alaska board rule
Last verified
August 2026
Ruleset version
2026.2

We reviewed this page against the Alaska board source, and we refresh it from the compiled ruleset above. Methodology and disclaimer. Compliance data is for guidance only, not legal or board advice. Always confirm requirements with your licensing board before renewing. See something wrong? Report it

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Alaska guides & data

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