NSPE State-By-State Summary of Continuing Education Requirements for Professional Engineers - UPDATED January 21, 2015

NSPE State-by-State Summary of Continuing Education Requirements for Professional Engineers - UPDATED January 21, 2015

Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation Must be relevant to the profession of Self-study and Internet courses: engineering and may include technical, must show evidence of Alabama 1991 15 Annual - December 31 No ethical, or managerial content. Management achievement and completion or courses must be sponsored by a recognized a final graded test. technical society.

Alabama - Dual 20 PE/PLS Alaska 24 December 31 - odd years Triennial -Based on original Arizona No date of licensure Must be relevant to the profession of Arkansas 1998 15 Annual - December 31 No Yes engineering and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content. Arkansas Dual 20 Annual - September 30 PE/PLS Biennial - from assigned California No renewal date Biennial - from original date Colorado No of licensure Connecticut No Annual

No less than 3 PDH and no more than 6 PDH shall be related to professional ethics, and no Delaware 2013 24 Biennial - June 30 more than 9 PDH shall be related to business or project mannagement

DC No Four hours shall relate to areas of practice Biennial - February 28/Odd and four hours shall relate to rules of the Florida 2000 8 annual Yes No years board. No personal improvement courses accepted. Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - December Georgia 1997 30 No Yes engineering and may include technical, 31/Even ethical, or managerial content. Georgia Dual 1997 30 PE/PLS Biennial - April 30/Even Hawaii No years Biennial - Last day of birth Idaho/PE 2009 30 No month Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation Biennial-begin on day PDH units must come from two or more Idaho 1999 30 No Yes following birthdate activities listed on state board Web site.

Must document self-study - not PDHs units must improve/expand knowledge Idaho/PLS 1999 30 as above No to exceed five PDHs per and skills in licensee's field of practice and renewal period must be earned from two or more activities.

Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - November Self-study with proof of a final Illinois 2000 30 No engineering and may include technical, 30/Odd years exam ethical, or managerial content. Only ten PDHs from self-administered Illinois - Structural 30 as above No courses. Applications are audited for verification of compliance.

One PDH must be Ethics related. One PDH Indiana 2010 30 Biennial- July 31 Yes must be in Indiana statutes and laws.

Only six PDHs may be from distance learning. Biennial - December 31 - Must be relevant to the profession of Iowa 1979 30 depending on original date No No engineering and may include technical, of licensure ethical, or managerial content.

20 for engineeri Iowa Dual PE/PLS 1979 ng and 20 as above for land surveying

Biennial - April 30/Last names beginning with the Self-study on a case-by-case initials A-L renew in even Must be relevant to the profession of basis. Must expand/improve Kansas 1996 30 numbered years. No engineering and may include technical, technical professional skills or Last names beginning with ethical, or managerial content. learn new. the initials M-Z renew in odd numbered years

40: 20 Continuing education credit for surveyors PDHs for the KANSAS MINIMUM STANDARDS each in Kansas Dual FOR BOUNDARY SURVEYS AND 1996 technical as above Yes PE/PLS MORTGAGE TITLE INSPECTIONS and professio STANDARDS OF PRACTICE be pre- nal areas approved by the Board

Kentucky 30 Biennial - June 30 Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation No preapproval for Biennial - according to One PDH in ethics and at least eight PDHs in Louisiana 1999 30 materials. Will No Self-study alpha listing of last name life safety, building codes, or ADA guidelines. pre-approve sponsors

Continuing education requirements Biennial - December mandatory beginning with the December 31, Maine 2003 30 No No 30/Odd years 2005 renewal. Engineering related learning and activities.

24 Biennial depending on date Maryland 2010 No biennial of original registration Biennial - June 30/Even Massachusetts No years A licensee who holds a license for more than 15 or 30- 12 months, but less than 24 months See shall obtain 15 PDHshours for the first Michigan 2013 special Biennial October 31 renewal period. A licensee who holds a requreme license for 24 months or more frshall obtain nt 30 PDHs for the renewal period. Must be related to public health, safety, and welfare. Enhance and expand skills and knowledge and abilities of practicing Biennial - June 30/Even Minnesota 1999 24 No No professional. Effective August 1, 2014, years Minnesota now requires 2 of the PDHs of the 24 PDHs required to be earned in the biennium to be in engineering ethics.

Mississippi 1999 15 Annual - December 31 No No One PDHs ethics training every two years Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - December Missouri 2002 30 No No engineering and may include technical, 31/Even years ethical, or managerial content.

Must be relevant to the profession of engineering and may include technical, Biennial - June 30/Even Self-study limited to 1/3 of Montana 1998 30 No ethical, or managerial content. These years requirement per cycle. activities should advance the professional or technical competence of the licensee.

36: at least 10 Montana Dual PDHs in Yes self-study is limited to 1/3 1998 as above PE/PLS each field total PDH required of practice Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation Biennial - December 31/Odd or even years Must be training relevant to practice of Nebraska 2012 30 No No depending on alpha listing engineering. of last name. Must be relevant to the profession of Nevada 1999 30 Biennial No No engineering and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content.

30: 10 in engineeri Nevada Dual 1999 ng and 10 as above PE/PLS in surveying

30: 10 in Comply with administrative rules and enhance engineeri professional competency. Must be relevant to New Hampshire 1997 ng and 10 Biennial No No the profession of engineering and may in include technical, ethical, or managerial surveying content.

2 hours must focus on professional practice New Jersey 2011 24 Biennial No ethics.

4 hours must be in ethics during the two-year reporting period. Must be relevant to the New Mexico 1995 30 Biennial - December 31 No No profession of engineering and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content.

New Mexico Dual 1995 30 PE/PLS Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation

Self-study accepted from an approved provider in an Yes-PIE, AIA acceptable subject area based Max. of 18 hours of CE may be educational and others as on audio, audio/visual, written, activities: teaching, authoring, presenting, approved. All online, or other media and does obtaining a patent, self-study. Min. 18 CE courses from not meet criteria established for hours in courses for professional engineers. pre-approved New York 2004 36 Triennial - Birth date live instruction, i.e. immediate One hour of ethics training (which includes sponsors are interaction with an engineering laws not necessarily instructor/presenter. A self- and regs) is required during each registration approved. Must study program must have a period. meet content testing instrument. Not Refer to NYSED Education Law Article 145. criteria. accepted: independent study or informal "study group."

Yes, pre- Must be relevant to the profession of North Carolina 1995 15 Annual - December 31 approved No engineering and may include technical, sponsors ethical, or managerial content. North Carolina Dual 1995 15 as above No PE/PLS Begin renewal period December 31, 2006. Self-study with proof of final North Dakota 2005 30 Biennial - December 31 No Any activity to expand, improve skills and exam knowledge relevant to the field of practice.

30: 10 each in North Dakota dual 2005 engineeri as above PE/PLS ng and surveying

15 The continuing professional development annually. requirement may be satisfied by May role Self-study courses are not Ohio 2008 Annual December 31 No coursework or activities dealing with credits mentioned in the regulation. technical, ethical, or managerial topics into the relevant to the practice of engineering or next year. surveying. Self-study: max three PDHs per Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - by date of Oklahoma 2002 30 Yes period documented with proof of engineering and may include technical, licensure final exam ethical, or managerial content. Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation Must be relevant to the profession of engineering and may include technical, Biennial - depending on last Self-study: six PDHs maximum Oregon 2011 30 No ethical, or managerial content. Management name per renewal courses must be sponsored by a recognized technical society.

30: 10 Oregon dual engineeri 2011 as above PE/PLS ng and 10 surveying

Puerto Rico No Info unavailable

Continuing professional competency obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve or Biennial - September Pennsylvania 2011 24 No Yes expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to 30/Odd years initial licensure or develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.

Rhode Island No Annual - June 30 Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - June 30/Even South Carolina 2010 30 No Self-study if documented engineering and may include technical, years ethical, or managerial content.

15 annual: at South Carolina dual least 5 for 1999 as above PE/PLS each professio n

At least 20 PDH must be in technical subjects Biennial/Odd or even years that lead to further professional development Self-study if documented with South Dakota 2012 30 depending on original date No in the licensee’s field of practiceand no more final exam of licensure than 10 hours in professional management subjects. 30 :at least one- South Dakota dual third in 2012 as above PE/PLS each professio n. Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation At least 13 PDHs must address public health, Biennial/Odd or even years safety and welfare issues. Remainder must Tennessee 1997 24 depending on date of No No be relevant to the profession of engineering original licensure and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content.

At least one PDH must be in professional Annual - quarterly renewals A maximum of five PDHs self- ethics, roles and responsibilities of Texas 2005 15 depending on original date No study/self-directed. Online professional engineering, or review of the of licensure courses are not self-directed. Texas Engineering Practice Act and board rules. A maximum of four hours per two year period may be recognized for preparation of Biennial - March 31 of each papers, articles, or books Utah 2013 24 No Relevant to licensee's professional practice. odd numbered year directly related to practice and submitted for publication Utah - Structural 2013 24 as above as above Vermont No Biennial - July 1/Even years

For self-directed continuing Law enacted as of July 1, 2006. education activity, there must be Requirements and start date will be decided an assessment by the sponsor following recommendation from the VA 16 Biennial depending on at the conclusion of the activity Society of Professional Engineers to be Virginia 2010 Biennial original date of licensure to verify that the individual has presented to VA Department of Professional achieved the purpose and and Occupational Regulation. VA society objective of the continuing estimates it may take until 2008 for the law to education activity go into effect.

Biennial depending on date Washington No of birth Must be relevant to the profession of West Virginia 2013 15 Annual - September 30 No No engineering and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content. At least two professional development hours must be in the area of professional conduct and ethics. A minimum of 13 hours must be 30 Biennial - July 31/Even Wisconsin 2012 Not Mentioned filled through courses in a classroom or Biennial years computer conferencing where participants can directly interact with each other and the instructor. Year of STATE Hours Renewal Preapproval Self-study Special Requirement Implementation Must be relevant to the profession of Biennial - depending on Wyoming 2013 30 No engineering and may include technical, original date of licensure ethical, or managerial content. 30: at least 10 Wyoming dual PDHs in 2013 as above Self-study accepted as above PE/PLS each area of practice