University of Western States is happy to collaborate with DConline to provide continuing education.
UWS is proud to host Fall Fest 2025: What is Possible through Chiropractic on the UWS campus on October 17-19, 2025.
UWS offers continuing education opportunities for health care providers and paraprofessionals, including Doctors of Chiropractic medicine.
To maintain chiropractic licensure, chiropractic doctors must meet their state’s continuing education requirements annually.
For chiropractic practitioners in the state of Oregon, the requirements for the first year, second year, and regular active licenses differ from one another. Chiropractors are mandated to complete 20 hours of continuing education courses every year.
UWS is partnered with DConline to make the chiropractic continuing education more accessible to professionals. Chiropractic doctors are expected to verify their state DC Boards to ensure all requirements are met.
Here is an overview of continuing education requirements for chiropractors in Oregon.
- First-year Chiropractic CE Requirements: 4 hours for over-the-counter substances, 2 hours evidence-based medicine, 1 hour of cultural competency, and 1 hour of suicide intervention training.
- Second-year Chiropractic CE Requirements: 7 hours of pain management education, 2 hours of cultural competency, 1 hour of suicide intervention training, and general CE courses to maintain BLS/CPR/AED certifications.
- Regular Active Chiropractic CE Status: 17 hours of general CE courses to maintain proper certifications, 2 hours of cultural competency, and 1 hour of suicide intervention training.
Annual requirements will vary depending on the chiropractic status, including regular, senior, and inactive status.
Signature Continuing Education Events
The Art and Science of Chronic Pain Diagnosis & Management
The Art and Science of Chronic Pain Diagnosis & Management – October 25-26th, 2025
Summer in December
Summer in December – December 5-7th, 2025
Virtual Reports
Cervical spine manipulation and vertebral artery dissection: an evidence update
1 hour of CE credit can be purchased for $10 (upon attending the entire lecture).
More information and registration can be found here . You may join via teams for this lecture
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 265 771 138 070 8
Passcode: 8hy6aT7A
Oregon Board Mandated Courses
State Licensing Boards
UWS and DConline inform all learners it is their responsibility to know the state rules and regulations that apply toward their licensure. Any specific questions learners have should be addressed to their state board. Understand your renewal requirements.
Questions about continuing education?
Contact [email protected]
Continuing Education Disclaimers
University of Western States and DConline are approved providers for the Providers of Approved continuing Education (PACE) program of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB). States that accept courses that are approved by PACE include: AK, CT, DC, ID, IN, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MN,MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NC, ND, OH, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WY, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Nova Scotia. Each PACE Approved Course will be assigned a number that is listed on the completion certificate.
University of Western States is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) which provides approval for CE programs. The states that approve courses offered by CCE universities are: CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IN, MA, MI, MS, MT, ND, OR, RI, SC, UT, VA, WA, WY and BC. Certificates provided by UWS for participants from these states will receive a certificate that will not list an approval number.
Continuing education credit (CE) is provided by University of Western States (UWS) License Renewal: While applications relating to credit hours for license renewal in selected states have been executed for these programs, it remains attendees’ responsibility to contact the state board(s) from whom they seek continuing education credits for purposes of ensuring said board(s) approve both venue and content as they relate to any seminar/course/lecture/webinar/online presentation (event). Neither a speaker’s or exhibitor’s presence at said event, nor product mention or display, shall in any way constitute UWS endorsement. UWS’s role is strictly limited to processing, submitting, and archiving program documents on behalf of course sponsors. For specific information regarding state renewal requirements, please contact your state board directly.
Attendees are personally responsible for meeting their financial obligations to the university. Payment of tuition and fees is due on or before the day of the educational session. A full month’s interest at 18% per annum will be assessed on the last business day of the month if payment is delayed for any reason. After three months of non-payment, any account will be forwarded to the collection agency. Any past due debt to the university or any of its departments or auxiliary services is grounds for immediate termination of campus privileges.
A $35 non-refundable fee is included in the registration cost. Failure to cancel 72 hours prior to the seminar is non-refundable. Non-refundable does not mean you are not offered a credit towards another UWS continuing education course. Credit will be held up to one year of date of subject course. Every attempt is made to offer programs as announced. UWS reserves the right to adjust program faculty, location, dates, times, and/or tuition to accommodate unanticipated occurrences, to limit seating, or to cancel due to insufficient enrollment. UWS is not responsible for any expenses incurred by registrants due to program adjustments or cancellation. Only those who are pre-registered can be notified in the event of changes/cancellation.
While University of Western States will transcript the continuing education credits for attendees, the material being presented solely reflects the views of the presenter and is not endorsed by University of Western States. Seminars are provided for educational purposes only. No treatment will be rendered by the presenter or attendees, even though instruction and demonstrations of various examination methods and therapeutic techniques may take place. Any advice or diagnostic/therapeutic procedures that are demonstrated or performed in the lecture/lab do not constitute a “doctor-patient” relationship and do not substitute for care that an attendee or model may/may not need.