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FAQ - STATE BOARD APPROVAL/REQUIREMENTS

  1. What is a CEU?

    CEU stands for Continuing Education Unit which is a conventional form of measure for continuing educational programs.

  2. What is a PDH?

    PDH stands for Professional Development Hour and is defined as one contact hour (minimum of 50 minutes) of instruction, presentation or study.    

  3. What is the relationship between a CEU and a PDH?

    1 CEU = 10 PDHs

  4. How do I know if my State Licensing Board mandates continuing education requirements?

    Currently there are 30 states that mandate continuing education requirements. To check if your State Licensing Board is one of the 30 states, please click on state requirements.

  5. How many online continuing education credits can I take each renewal period?

    To find out about the limit of online credits (or any other specific information about your continuing education competency program), click on your state of licensure under state requirements.

  6. What are the criteria for CEDengineering.com courses to be accepted by my State Licensing Board?

    A. If you are a registered Professional Engineer in one of the following pre-approval states:

    then courses taken through CEDengineering.com will be automatically accepted by these State Licensing Boards as we are already a Board Approved Sponsor for continuing education in those states.

    B. If you are a registered Professional Engineer in all other states that do not pre-approve continuing education sponsors or courses, then it is ultimately your responsibility to ensure that the course you wish to take is in compliance with the requirements of your State Licensing Board.

    7. Generally, the State Licensing Boards for these states will accept online continuing education courses provided that:

    • “A course or activity whose purpose and objective are clear with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee’s field of practice” as recommended in the NCEES CPC Guidelines.

    • the completion of the course can be independently verified by taking a quiz and grading it with the results being maintained by the course provider for a specific period of time.

Since CEDengineering.com courses are prepared in compliance with all state board requirements and in accordance with the NCEES CPC Guidelines, they are considered to be accepted courses by all other State Licensing Boards. Our courses are also supplemented with a professional quiz process intended to evaluate the engineer’s effort to strengthen and maintain competency in the technical, managerial, or ethical fields.

For more information, please click on state requirements.