License Renewal Date
12/31 of odd years
CPE Reporting Period
1/1 to 12/31 biennially, ending in odd-numbered years
General Requirement
80 hours with up to 40 carried over to the next period.
Ethics Required
4 hours every biennial license renewal
Other Subject Area Requirements
None
Credit Limitations
- The maximum credit for instructors is 40 hours/50%; no credit given for preparation time.
- Credit for teaching the same course is awarded only once during each 3-year period. Credit is only given for presentation time-no credit is given for preparation time. Credit for teaching the same course is awarded only once during each 3-year period. For instructed credit earned teaching a college/university course, there are no semester or quarter hour multipliers.
- Half credits accepted after the first full hour is earned.
- Articles/books - 20 hours/25% maximum.
- Practice review - 20 credits maximum. Only 50 percent of every hour spent as a reviewer at a formally sponsored inter-office or inter-firm quality review program is accepted.
- Academic credit limited to the following: 1 quarter hour equals 10 CPE hours; 1 semester hour equals 15 CPE hours; 1 hour non-credit class participation equals 1 CPE hour.
Other State Policies
Courses must be approved by either the Hawaii Board or NASBA's National Registry of CPE Sponsors or Quality Assurance Service.
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