Currently, Louisiana is the only state that requires exercise physiologists to be licensed.
Optional certification and registration are available. Clinical exercise physiologists may register with the American College of Sports Medicine. The organization also certifies physiologists as exercise specialists.
The American Society of Exercise Physiologists offers an exercise physiologist certificate. This is for workers who have at least a bachelor’s degree in the field and pass an exam. To keep their certification, exercise physiologists must take continuing education classes.
For more information about certification and registration, go to:
American College of Sports Medicine
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