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Free toolSee how many continuing education hours you still owe and the pace you need to finish before your deadline.
This is an estimate, not legal or compliance advice.
CredentialPilot keeps CE hours next to each license deadline and lists the hours still owed in every 60, 30 and 7-day reminder.
Try CredentialPilot free for 14 days →For example, 18 hours left with 183 days to go works out to about 2.99 hours a month, or 0.69 hours a week. The page marks the pace as tight when you need more than 4 hours a month or have 30 days or less with hours still owed. That threshold is a planning cue, not a board rule.
Many boards require part of the total in specific subjects, such as ethics, jurisprudence, implicit bias or pain management. Those hours usually count toward the total, so the calculator tracks them separately without adding them on top. Check how your board counts them, and whether it caps self-study or online hours.
Your CE deadline is not always your license expiration date. Some boards require CE to be finished before you submit the renewal, and some use a CE reporting period that does not match the license period. If you only know your expiration date, the license renewal date calculator works out a CE finish-by date with your own margin. For hours by profession and state, use the free license renewal deadline check.
It depends on your profession and state. Your licensing board publishes the total, any required topics, and the period the hours must fall in. The free license renewal deadline check on this site shows typical requirements by profession and state.
Some boards allow a limited carryover and many do not. Check your board's rule before counting extra hours toward the next period.
Usually yes. Ethics or other mandatory topic hours are normally part of the total, not in addition to it, but confirm with your board.
Boards handle it differently. Some offer a late-completion window with a fee, and some will not renew the license until the hours are complete. Contact your board before the deadline if you are behind.