The information provided on this page is an overview only. Licensees are encouraged to become familiar with the profession’s continuing education rules under Chapter 64B8-52, Florida Administrative Code, to ensure they meet the Council’s specific requirements for renewal.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: When completing your 20 Continuing Education credits needed for renewal, please be aware that you can only obtain 10 ‘Anytime or Home Study‘ credits per biennium. The remaining hours must be completed as ‘Live‘ credits. Any ‘Anytime or Home Study’ credit hours obtained past the 10 will not apply to your license and cannot be used.

Live Credits: Rule 64B8-52.002, F.A.C., Definitions – “Remote or distance learning courses” are those courses which are offered live through electronic communication and are delivered in a manner that monitors attendance, minimizes distractions, and allows for synchronous communication between the instructor and the attendee.

HELPFUL TOOL: If you need help finding approved CE Courses, you can do the following:

• Go to https://cebroker.com/
• Click on ‘Find CE/CME‘ at the top of the page
• Make sure the search is as “I am a FLORIDA ELECTROLOGIST looking for _____” (Input whichever credits you are looking for)
• To filter ‘Anytime or Home Study’ hours and ‘Live’ hours, select FILTERS and under COURSE TYPE you would select the following:
• ‘SELF PACED’ for Anytime or Home Study hours, or ‘LIVE’ for Live hour

Continuing Education (CE) Requirements
20 Hours Total are Required for Electrologists

To locate board approved CE Courses for Electrologist, please click here.

REQUIRED SUBJECT AREA	REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOURS	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
General Hours	17
Medical Error	2	Must be Board approved.  Courses are listed in CEBroker
Blood-Borne Diseases	1	Courses approved by any Board within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health

CE Requirements for First Time Renewal

• Electrologists renewing a license for the first time who were initially licensed in the “first half” of the current biennium (6/1/2022 – 5/31/2023) are required to meet the following requirements:

REQUIRED SUBJECT AREA	REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOURS
General Hours	16
Medical Error	2
Blood-Borne Diseases	1
Disease HIV/AIDS	1

• Electrologists renewing a license for the first time who are licensed in the “second half” of the current biennium (as of 6/1/2023 with expiration date of 5/31/2024) are exempt from the 20 hour continuing education requirement with the exception of the two (2) hour medical errors course, one (1) hour blood borne disease course and one (1) hour HIV/AIDS course

REQUIRED SUBJECT AREA	REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOURS
Medical Error	2
Blood-Borne Diseases	1
Disease HIV/AIDS	1

Helpful Information

• Up to 10 hours per biennium of continuing education required may be in the form of approved home study courses

The Department of Health will now verify a practitioners continuing education records in the electronic tracking system at the time of license renewal. Please visit www.CEatRenewal.com for more information. For information on continuing education requirements please review Rule 64B8-52,F.A.C.