Updated for 2026

Arizona Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements

Arizona psychologists must complete 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew their Psychologist license, including 4 hours of professional ethics and 4 hours of jurisprudence / state law.

40hours every 2 years
Topic minimums, counted within the 40
4professional ethics
4jurisprudence / state law

The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.

What the board saysArizona board rule
A licensee shall complete at least 40 hours1 of continuing education during each license period. … A licensee shall ensure the continuing education hours obtained include: 1. At least four hours in professional ethics2, and 2. Completion of the Board’s four-hour online jurisprudence education tool3. … may receive continuing education hours equal to the actual number of hours served as a complaint consultant to a maximum of 20 hours4. … The Board shall allow a maximum of 10 continuing education hours for each of the following5 during a license period: a. Attending a Board meeting or serving as a member of the Board. … b. Having an authored or co-authored psychology book, psychology book chapter, or article in a peerreviewed psychology journal published. … c. Participating in a study group for professional growth and development as a psychologist. … d. Presenting a symposium or paper … e. Presenting a poster … and f. Serving as an elected officer of an international, national, regional, or state psychological association or society.
What it means
  1. 40 hours each 2-year license period
  2. 4 hours of professional ethics
  3. The Board's 4-hour online jurisprudence tool
  4. No more than 20 hours as a Board complaint consultant
  5. No more than 10 hours each for Board meetings, publications, study groups, symposium papers, posters, or elected office
A.A.C. R4-26-207Last verified August 2026Ruleset 2026.1How we verify
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Requirements

Arizona Psychologist requirements

Total

40 hoursYou need 40 hours every 2 years. The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.

Topic minimums, counted within the 40

The remaining 32 hours are not tied to a topic minimum.
Professional Ethics
4
You need 4 hours each cycle.
Jurisprudence / State Law
4
You need 4 hours each cycle.

Limits on how the hours are earned

Complaint consultant
max 20 hrs
Board meeting attendance
max 10 hrs
Publication
max 10 hrs
Study group
max 10 hrs
Symposium paper presentation
max 10 hrs
Poster presentation
max 10 hrs
Elected officer service
max 10 hrs

Cycle and record rules

Renewal
The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.
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.
Recordkeeping
Keep CE documentation for 2 years after the end of each cycle.
Board audit
The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.
Late renewal
A late renewal adds a late fee.
Provisional renewal
The board allows a provisional/conditional renewal for up to 12 months before full compliance is required. Arizona provides no conditional/provisional active registration to practice while completing a CE shortfall. The available mechanisms are a good-cause extension of time (up to one year, not renewable beyond the one-year cap; R4-26-207(J)) and a 90-day post-audit cure period (R4-26-205(J)).

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

Check where you stand

Enter the hours you have completed this cycle to see what is left before your renewal.

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

Full board policy details
  • ACCEPTABILITY STANDARDS: No cap on self-study/home study; no minimum live/in-person hours; no per-day cap; no live-interactive-vs-self-study distinction (R4-26-207). To be acceptable, activities under R4-26-207(D)(1)-(4) must focus on the practice of psychology (as defined at A.R.S. § 32-2061(9)) for at least 75% of program hours. The instructor must be readily identifiable as competent by advanced degree, teaching experience, work history, published articles, or prior CE presentation (R4-26-207(F)(2)). A course, seminar, workshop, or home study must provide a certificate of attendance or completion. The Board does NOT operate a board-approved-provider pre-approval regime and does not condition acceptability on APA-approved-sponsor status; it lists acceptable activity/sponsor classes and applies content/instructor standards. There are no lettered provider tiers and no activity category-diversity rule. EXCLUDED CONTENT: the Board will not accept a course, workshop, seminar, or symposium designed to increase income or office efficiency (R4-26-207(L)). Baseline: one clock hour = one CE hour (R4-26-207(A)). The Board's four-hour online jurisprudence education tool ($40 vendor fee, procedural note) satisfies the jurisprudence requirement.
  • COURSE REPEAT RESTRICTIONS: The Board will not allow credit more than once in a license period for (1) teaching the same graduate-level course, (2) organizing and presenting a CE activity on the same topic/content area, or (3) presenting the same symposium or paper (R4-26-207(E)(1)-(3)). Study-group credit is allowed only if the licensee maintains the documentation required under R4-26-207(G)(5). No general rule prohibits a mere attendee from repeating a live course within a cycle.
  • LICENSE STATUS RULES: Inactive licensees are exempt from CE while inactive and are not part of the audit pool ($85 biennial inactive fee). Retired psychologists (A.R.S. § 32-2073(G)) have stopped practicing; no active-practice CE applies while retired, and a retired person must apply anew rather than reapply to return to practice (R4-26-203.03(D)(7)). REACTIVATION: A psychologist on inactive status for at least two years may reinstate to active status by documenting at least 40 hours of CE meeting R4-26-207 standards (encoded as a conditional requirement). A psychologist on inactive status for LESS than two years reinstates via a prorated amount = 1.67 × number of months from inactive status until the reinstatement application is received, with one ethics hour for every six months of inactive status (R4-26-206(B)), MANUAL REVIEW: the sub-two-year prorated amount scales with time inactive and is not encoded as a fixed requirement.
  • GOOD-CAUSE EXTENSION: A licensee who cannot meet the CE requirement for good cause may request a written extension of time with the timely renewal application (illness/injury, family death, birth/adoption, military service, relocation, natural disaster, financial hardship, or foreign residence ≥12 months). The Board grants no extension longer than one year; a licensee who still cannot complete may apply for inactive status (R4-26-207(J)). This is an extension, not a waiver. On audit, if hours are disallowed, the licensee has 90 days from the mailing date of the notification to complete the requirements and provide an affidavit (R4-26-205(J)).

Arizona Psychologist CE: frequently asked questions

How many CE hours do Arizona Psychologist licensees need?

Arizona requires 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew a Psychologist license. The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.

How many ethics hours are required for Arizona Psychologist licensees?

Of the total, 4 hours must be in professional ethics.

How often do Arizona Psychologist licensees renew?

The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.

How much does Arizona Psychologist license renewal cost?

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

Are there subject-specific CE requirements for Arizona Psychologist licensees?

Yes. In addition to ethics, Arizona requires 4 hours of jurisprudence / state law.

Is the first renewal different for new Arizona 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
Arizona board rule
Last verified
August 2026
Ruleset version
2026.1

We reviewed this page against the Arizona 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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