Most states with licensure have explicit continuing education requirements.
CEU = Continuing Education Units which usually represent 1 unit is 10 hours of instruction.
Most states with licensure have explicit continuing education requirements.
CEU = Continuing Education Units which usually represent 1 unit is 10 hours of instruction.
State | CEUs Required | Ethics CEUs Required | CEUs required per year | Notes |
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Alabama | Yes | Not specified | 15 | Thirty (30) CEU are required for the biennial renewal period. Licensees 65 and older are exempt. No continuing education activities are required during the initial licensing period and renewal is automatic for the second two (2)-year period of licensure upon application. In order to apply for a second renewal of licensure applicants must have satisfactorily completed continuing education requirements. |
Alaska | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Arizona | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Arkansas | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
California | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Connecticut | Yes | Not specifed | 12 | Tweny-four (24) CEU are required for the biennial renewal period. |
Delaware | Yes | Not specifed | 12 | Tweny-four (24) CEU are required every two (2) years. If at the time of renewal, a licensee has been licensed for less than one (1) year, no continuing education is required; if he/she has been licensed for more than one (1) year, but less than two (2) years, twelve (12) of the twenty-four (24) hours will be required; if he/she has been licensed for two (2) years or more the full twenty-four (24) hours is required. |
Florida | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Georgia | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Idaho | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Illinois | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Indiana | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) Title 305 Section 1-5-9 comments on continuing education. It states that licensed professional geologist should strive to improve professional knowledge and skills and work toward the advancement of geological education, research, training, and practice. |
Iowa | Not specifed | Yes | 6 | All groundwater professionals are required to complete at least 12 hours of continuing education during each two-year certification period. |
Kansas | Yes | Not specifed | 15 | Thirty (30) PDH are required every two years before reneweing the license. |
Kentucky | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Louisiana | Yes | Yes | 15 | Each license holder is required to obtain fifteen (15) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education credit per year for license renewal. A minimum of one PDH hour per renewal period must be in the area of professional ethics, roles and responsibilities of professional geoscientists. |
Maine | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Massachusetts | Yes | Not specifed | 16 | Forty-eight (48) hours are required every 3 years. Twelve (12) of the forty-eight credits must be earned by attending LSP Board-approved MassDEP courses. An additional eight (8) credits must be regulatory credits. Continuing Education credits may be earned at any time throughout the three years. Although we suggest that you not wait until your third year to begin earning credits. |
Minnesota | Yes | Yes | 12 | All licensees or certificate holders (with exceptions) must obtain twenty-four (24) professional development hours (PDH). Two of those hours must be dedicated to professional (but not necessarily profession-specific) ethics and those ethics hours must be earned during the proper period (they cannot be carried forward as ethics hours). |
Mississippi | Other | Yes | 12 | Mississippi has a voluntary continuing education program. The Board of Registered Professional Geologists recommends that every registrant meet the continuing professional competency requirements. Every Registered Professional Geologist participating in the Voluntary Continuing Education Program is required to obtain 12 PDH units per year or 24 PDH units per biennal license renewal period. Every registrantis requiredto obtainat least 1 PDH unitof ethics training during the renewal period year. |
Missouri | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Nebraska | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Currently there are no continuing education requirements in Nebraska. However, statutes section 81-3531 states that the board may adopt a CEU program. |
Nevada | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
New Hampshire | Yes | No | 12 | Twenty-four (24) hours are required per bienniel renewal period. Ethics hours are not required but are considered as acceptable CEU. |
New Jersey | Yes | Yes | 12 | Each LSRP must earn 36 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) during the three year term of his or her license. Of the 36 CECs that each LSRP must earn, a minimum of three must be ethics CECs, a minimum of 10 must be regulatory CECs, and a minimum of 14 must be technical CECs. The remaining 9 may be in any one or more of these three areas of education. Each LSRP may earn up to 18 CECs by participating in Board approved alternative verifiable learning format courses. Each LSRP may earn up to 18 CECs through Board approved continuing education activities (i.e. instructing a continuing education program, preparing and presenting a presentation, or authoring a paper that is published in a professional publication or peer reviewed proceeding of a conference). |
New York | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
North Carolina | Yes | Not specifed | 12 | Licensees must obtain 12 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) of geologic education each license year in order to renew their license. |
Oregon | Other | Not specifed | Not specified | SB43 was passed in 2019 and becomes effective 1/1/2020. SB43 states the the board may establish or approve programs of continuing education. The number of hours of continuing education required shall be determined by the board, but may not exceed 8 hours per year. |
Pennsylvania | Yes | Not specifed | 12 | Each licensee shall be required to obtain twenty-four PDH units during the biennial renewal period. If a licensee exceeds the requirement in any renewal period, a maximum of twelve PDH units may be carried forward into the subsequent renewal period. CEU requirements enacted by SB 655 in 2006. |
Puerto Rico | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
South Carolina | Yes | Not specifed | 16 | Thirty-two (32) hours per biennium. The Board has defined continuing education broadly enough that a wide range of activities will be acceptable, and that costs should be minimized. An important element of CE activity should be interaction with one's peers as well as academic and practical self-improvement. |
South Dakota | Yes | Not specifed | 15 | Thirty (30) CEU are required every two (2) years. |
Tennessee | No | Not applicable | Not specified | There is not a continuing education requirement at this time (as of 2019). However, a CEU program is mentioned in section ยง62-36-114, which states that a program may be implemented by the Department. |
Texas | Yes | Yes | 15 | Fifteen (15) CEU are required each year. One (1) of the 15 CEUs must be in ethics. |
Utah | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Virginia | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Washington | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Wisconsin | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |
Wyoming | No | Not applicable | Not specified | Not applicable |