Updated for 2026

Indiana Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements

Indiana psychologists must complete 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew their Psychologist license, including 6 hours of ethics, 20 hours of category I, and 3 hours of ethics category I.

40hours every 2 years
Topic minimums, counted within the 40
20category I
6ethics
3ethics category I

Next deadline: September 1, 2028The renewal cycle is biennial. CE must be completed by August 31 of even years. The license expires September 1.

What the board saysIndiana board rule
For the license period of September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, health service providers in psychology need to obtain forty (40) hours of continuing education credit1 of which 6 must be in ethics2 with no less than 3 category I ethics3. A minimum of twenty (20) credit hours must be earned in category I courses4. No more than twenty (20) credit hours will be granted for category II activities5. … Home study programs6, including approved computer, audio, and video instructional programs, designed by board approved organizations and subject to board verification and approval procedures, not to exceed ten (10) credit hours per license period6.
What it means
  1. 40 hours each 2-year license period
  2. 6 hours of ethics
  3. At least 3 of the ethics hours must be Category I
  4. At least 20 hours of Category I courses
  5. No more than 20 hours of Category II activities
  6. No more than 10 hours of Category I home study
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Requirements

Indiana Psychologist requirements

Total

40 hoursYou need 40 hours every 2 years. The renewal cycle is biennial. CE must be completed by August 31 of even years. The license expires September 1.

Topic minimums, counted within the 40

The remaining 11 hours are not tied to a topic minimum.
Category I
20
You need 20 hours each cycle.
Ethics
6
You need 6 hours each cycle.
Ethics Category I
3
You need 3 hours each cycle.

Limits on how the hours are earned

Category II
max 20 hrs
Category I home study
max 10 hrs
Category II individualized learning
max 10 hrs
Carryover
max 0%

Up to 0% of hours can carry into the next cycle.

Cycle and record rules

Renewal
The renewal cycle is biennial. CE must be completed by August 31 of even years. The license expires September 1.
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
Qualifying CE may be offered or sponsored by national professional association, state professional association, accredited university, governmental agency, apa approved provider, aamft approved provider, aasect approved provider, aca approved provider, nasw approved provider, american psychiatric association approved provider, credentialing body, board approved sponsor, and individual approved provider.
Recordkeeping
Keep CE documentation for 5 years after each course's completion date.
Board audit
The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.

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

Full board policy details
  • CATEGORY STRUCTURE: Indiana organizes CE into two named buckets. Category I continuing education courses = formally organized courses, workshops, seminars, symposia, postdoctoral institutes, and home study programs (approved computer/audio/video by board-approved organizations). Category II activities = journal clubs, colloquia, invited speaker sessions, in-house seminars, case conferences, programs at professional/scientific meetings, and individualized learning (approved audio/video, formal professional supervision, and preparation for teaching/creating materials). At least 20 of the 40 hours must be Category I; no more than 20 hours may be Category II.
  • FORMAT CAPS: Category I home study is capped at 10 credit hours per license period. Category II individualized learning (approved audio/video, formal professional supervision, and preparation for teaching/creating materials) is capped at 10 credit hours per license period. Combined, up to ~30 hours may be obtained by home study/self-study. There is no explicit live/in-person minimum, but because at least 20 hours must be Category I and Category I home study is capped at 10, at least ~10 Category I hours effectively come from non-home-study organized programming.
  • ACCEPTABILITY STANDARDS: All CE must be an approved continuing education course approved by a board-recognized organization; APA-sponsored CE is accepted (APA is pre-approved). Organizations/individuals or specific courses not on the pre-approved list may apply to the board for approval; a licensee may submit course materials to the board for approval. Courses in the business management of the practice of psychology (practice management) do NOT qualify. The time spent presenting a workshop or teaching a course does NOT qualify for CE (only preparation counts, as capped Category II individualized learning). Formal professional supervision counts only if board pre-approved and only for face-to-face individual supervision; administrative supervision never counts. All activities are credited one CE hour per clock hour (1:1); there are no non-1:1 conversions. There is no rule on drawing from a minimum number of distinct categories, only the Category I floor and Category II cap.
  • COURSE REPEAT RESTRICTIONS: The rule contains no express prohibition on a licensee taking the same course twice in a cycle. Indiana does not grant CE for the act of teaching/presenting a course; only preparation for teaching/creating materials counts, and only as Category II individualized learning capped at 10 credit hours per license period. There is no separate per-repeat teaching limit beyond that 10-hour cap.
  • LICENSE STATUS RULES: There is no inactive status for the Indiana psychology license. There is no exemption for retired psychologists or those practicing outside Indiana, retired/out-of-state HSPP holders still owe the full 40 hours. No hardship, illness, military, or disability CE waiver exists in the CE rule (868 IAC 1.1-15) or IC 25-33-2 (active-duty military renewal relief is governed separately by IC 25-1-12, not this CE rule). REACTIVATION: if a license has been expired less than 3 years, it may be renewed by paying the renewal fee (the biennial CE still applies for the period). If invalidated for 3 or more years (reinstatement), the licensee must submit proof of 20 clock hours of CE for each year or partial year of delinquency counted from the date of invalidation, relevant to the psychologist's area of practice and excluding practice-management courses. This makeup amount scales with the number of years delinquent and draws on historical windows, so it cannot be represented as a fixed conditional requirement, MANUAL REVIEW required.
  • NOT ENFORCEABLE BY THE CURRENT SCHEMA: Live-interactive online classification is ambiguous. The rule predates modern synchronous webinars and does not expressly classify live-interactive online CE; whether a synchronous APA-sponsor webinar is an organized Category I course (no 10-hour cap) or capped home study is undefined, verify with the board.
  • OVERLAYS (informational, not part of Indiana board CE): PSYPACT E.Passport/IPC authorizations renew annually with their own CE administered by the PSYPACT Commission (E.Passport renewal requires 3 hours of CE directly related to telepsychology and use of technology); this does NOT count toward or against the Indiana 40-hour requirement. Indiana does not grant general prescriptive authority to psychologists (except within specific federal training/treatment programs), so there is no separate prescriptive-authority CE obligation.
  • LICENSE SCOPE: This product rule covers the full independent Indiana psychologist credential when the HSPP endorsement creates the 40-hour obligation. A bare Licensed Psychologist without HSPP, limited-license holders, and temporary/nonrenewable permits are distinct credential states outside this product rule; they are not encoded as CE-exempt aliases of the independent psychologist credential.

Indiana Psychologist CE: frequently asked questions

How many CE hours do Indiana Psychologist licensees need?

Indiana requires 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew a Psychologist license. The renewal cycle is biennial. CE must be completed by August 31 of even years. The license expires September 1.

How many ethics hours are required for Indiana Psychologist licensees?

Of the total, 6 hours must be in ethics.

How often do Indiana Psychologist licensees renew?

The renewal cycle is biennial. CE must be completed by August 31 of even years. The license expires September 1.

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

Yes. In addition to ethics, Indiana requires 20 hours of category I, 3 hours of ethics category I.

Is the first renewal different for new Indiana 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
Indiana board rule
Last verified
August 2026
Ruleset version
2026.2

We reviewed this page against the Indiana 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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Indiana guides & data

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