Updated for 2026

Texas Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements

Texas psychologists must complete 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew their Psychologist license, including 6 hours of ethics and 6 hours of distinct populations.

40hours every 2 years
Topic minimums, counted within the 40
6ethics
6distinct populations

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

What the board saysTexas board rule
A licensee must complete 40 hours1 of professional development during each renewal period that they hold a license. The 40 hours of professional development must include 6 hours in ethics2 and 6 hours3 designed to ensure competency when providing services to a distinct population3 … A licensee may carry forward4 to the next renewal period, a maximum of 10 hours4 accrued during the current renewal period if those hours are not needed for renewal. … Self-study.5 The maximum number of hours that may be claimed for this activity is 1 hour5.
What it means
  1. 40 hours each renewal period
  2. 6 hours of ethics
  3. 6 hours on distinct populations
  4. Up to 10 unused hours carry into the next period
  5. No more than 1 hour of self-study
22 TAC 463.35Last verified October 2026Ruleset 2026.4How we verify
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Requirements

Texas 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 28 hours are not tied to a topic minimum.
Ethics
6
You need 6 hours each cycle.
Distinct Populations
6
You need 6 hours each cycle.

Limits on how the hours are earned

Home study / self-study
max 1 hrs
First time presentation
max 5 hrs
Publication
max 5 hrs
Teaching
max 5 hrs
Rural hpsa supervision
max 20 hrs
Carryover
max 10 hrs

Up to 1 hours may be completed through home study / self-study.

Up to 10 unused hours can carry into the next cycle.

Cycle and record rules

Renewal
The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.
Renewal fee
Renewal fees by license status
Status / feeAmount and conditions
Active renewal$295. Biennial: $285 base + $10 Texas.gov/OPP.
22 TAC 885.1
Expired 90 days or less: total$437.5. 1.5 × base + surcharges.
22 TAC 885.1(c)
Expired over 90 days, under one year: total$580. 2 × base + surcharges.
22 TAC 885.1(c)

CE courses and designation fees are separate. After one year, reinstatement is required.

We verified these fees on 2026-09-30. Board fee schedule.

Approved providers
Qualifying CE may be offered or sponsored by accredited university, nonprofit religious or charitable organization, hospital, international professional association, national professional association, regional professional association, state professional association, local professional association, public school district, education service center, and governmental agency.
Recordkeeping
Keep CE documentation for 3 years after the end of each cycle.
Board audit
The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.
Late renewal
The board allows a 365-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

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 Texas LPC license? Each board runs its own CE cycle. See the Texas LPC requirements.

Texas Psychologist required trainings and mandates

Beyond the 40-hour CE total, Texas requires specific trainings. Some are due once around initial licensure, and others run on their own recurring schedule.

One-time requirements

  • Passage of the jurisprudence examination may be claimed as 1 hour of ethics professional development (22 TAC §463.35(f)(1)). (1 hour, one time).

Recurring mandates outside the 2-year cycle

  • All licensees who provide direct patient care must complete a human trafficking prevention course approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) each renewal period (Occ. Code §§116.002, 116.003). The completion may also be claimed as 1 PD hour under 22 TAC §463.35(f)(6).
Full board policy details
  • Self-study/home-study is capped at a maximum of 1 hour per renewal period (22 TAC §463.35(g)(5)); at least 39 of the 40 hours must be provider-delivered activity.
  • At least 50% of the 40 hours must be obtained from a provider listed in §463.35(e): an accredited institution of higher education; religious or charitable organizations devoted to improving mental/behavioral health; a hospital or hospital system; international/national/regional/state/local associations of medical, mental, or behavioral-health professionals; public school districts/charter schools/ESCs; city/county/state/federal governmental entities; or any provider approved or endorsed by a listed provider. Texas does not pre-approve providers or hours (§463.35(h)).
  • Per-activity maximum credits (§463.35(g)): passage of the jurisprudence exam = 1 hour (ethics); preparing/giving a presentation = 5 hours; authoring a book or peer-reviewed article = 5 hours; teaching or attending a graduate-level course = 5 hours; self-study = 1 hour; completing a §116.002 human-trafficking course = 1 hour; providing supervision to supervisees in a rural mental-health HPSA = 20 hours (may NOT count toward the ethics or distinct-populations requirements). All other activity credited 1:1.
  • COURSE REPEAT RESTRICTIONS: §463.35(d)(4), multiple instances or occurrences of a professional development activity may not be claimed for the same renewal period. An instructor cannot claim credit for repeatedly teaching the same course within one renewal period beyond the single activity/cap (presentation credit capped at 5 hours). All PD must be directly related to the practice of psychology; the Council determines relevancy (§463.35(d)(1)-(2)).
  • LICENSE STATUS RULES (22 TAC §882.21/§882.22): A licensee on inactive status is NOT required to comply with CE requirements while inactive, but must renew inactive status each renewal period. A retired licensee may not practice, so no CE accrues. Reactivating from inactive status requires proof of completion of the full renewal CE for that license before reactivation; a licensee whose license has been inactive for four years or more must also take and pass the relevant jurisprudence exam. This duration-dependent jurisprudence-exam requirement cannot be evaluated by the current credit window and is preserved here for manual review. Reinstating an expired/retired/resigned license (§882.22) requires documentation of any CE required by a member board. §463.35 contains no general CE hardship/illness/disability/military CE waiver or extension.
  • No first-renewal CE proration or exemption. §463.35 requires 40 hours during each renewal period; Occ. Code §501.301(b) prorates only the licensing fee, not CE hours.

Texas Psychologist CE: frequently asked questions

How many CE hours do Texas Psychologist licensees need?

Texas 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 Texas Psychologist licensees?

Of the total, 6 hours must be in ethics.

How often do Texas Psychologist licensees renew?

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

How much does Texas Psychologist license renewal cost?
Renewal fees by license status
Status / feeAmount and conditions
Active renewal$295. Biennial: $285 base + $10 Texas.gov/OPP.
22 TAC 885.1
Expired 90 days or less: total$437.5. 1.5 × base + surcharges.
22 TAC 885.1(c)
Expired over 90 days, under one year: total$580. 2 × base + surcharges.
22 TAC 885.1(c)

CE courses and designation fees are separate. After one year, reinstatement is required.

We verified these fees on 2026-09-30. Board fee schedule.

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

Yes. In addition to ethics, Texas requires 6 hours of distinct populations.

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

Up to 1 hours may be completed through home study / self-study.

Sources and verification

State source
Texas board rule
Fee schedule
Texas board fee schedule
Last verified
October 2026
Ruleset version
2026.4

We reviewed this page against the Texas 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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Texas guides & data

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