Updated for 2026

Florida Psychologist Continuing Education Requirements

Florida psychologists must complete 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew their Psychologist license, including 3 hours of ethics and laws, 2 hours of medical errors, 1 hour of ethics, and 1 hour of florida laws and rules.

40hours every 2 years
Topic minimums, counted within the 40
3ethics and laws
2medical errors
1ethics
1florida laws and rules

Next deadline: May 31, 2028The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by May 31 of even years.

What the board saysFlorida board rule
Three (3) of the forty (40) hours1 must be on professional ethics and Florida Statutes and rules2 affecting the practice of psychology. Of those three hours, at least one hour shall be on professional ethics3, and at least one hour shall be on Florida laws and rules4 relevant to the practice of psychology … the required board-approved 2-hour prevention of medical errors course5 must be completed prior to renewal.
What it means
  1. 40 hours each renewal
  2. 3 hours on ethics and Florida law
  3. At least 1 of those hours on ethics
  4. At least 1 of those hours on Florida laws and rules
  5. 2 hours on medical errors
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Requirements

Florida Psychologist requirements

Total

40 hoursYou need 40 hours every 2 years. The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by May 31 of even years.

Topic minimums, counted within the 40

The remaining 33 hours are not tied to a topic minimum.
Ethics and Laws
3
You need 3 hours each cycle.
Medical Errors
2
You need 2 hours each cycle. MEDICAL ERRORS CONTENT: the 2-hour medical-errors course must be Board-approved and its content must address root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, and include psychology-specific errors such as misdiagnosis, failure to detect suicidality or dangerousness, and improper release of records (64B19-13.003(3); 456.013(7)).
Ethics
1
You need 1 hour each cycle.
Florida Laws and Rules
1
You need 1 hour each cycle.

Limits on how the hours are earned

Graduate coursework
max 21 hrs
Convention attendance
max 5 hrs
Board certification
max 37 hrs
Board meeting attendance
max 10 hrs
Probable cause panel service
max 10 hrs
CE liaison service
max 10 hrs
Subject matter expert service
max 10 hrs
Expert witness review
max 10 hrs
Adjunct teaching
max 20 hrs
Publication
max 30 hrs
Pro bono service
max 6 hrs

Cycle and record rules

Renewal
The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by May 31 of even years.
Renewal fee
The board renewal fee is $205 every 2 years, and a late (delinquent) renewal adds a $405 fee.
New licensees
The first renewal is different. New licensees have adjusted first-cycle requirements, such as prorated hours or first-cycle-only rules, and we apply them automatically.
Approved providers
For sponsored continuing education and home study, qualifying CE may be offered or sponsored by apa approved provider, board approved sponsor, and accredited university.
Recordkeeping
Keep CE documentation for 2 years after the end of each cycle.
Board audit
The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.
Late renewal
A late renewal adds a $405 late fee.

To keep your proof in order, see what to keep for a CE audit, which covers every state’s retention period and what the audit notice asks for.

Your hours

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Enter the hours you have completed this cycle to see what is left before May 31, 2028.

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Also hold a Florida LPC license? Each board runs its own CE cycle. See the Florida LPC requirements.

Florida Psychologist required trainings and mandates

Beyond the 40-hour CE total, Florida requires specific trainings. Some are due once around initial licensure, and others run on their own recurring schedule.

Recurring mandates outside the 2-year cycle

  • You need 2 hours of domestic violence every 6 years.
Full board policy details
  • Total 40 CE hours per biennium. No percentage or numeric cap on home study, but home study earns credit ONLY from providers approved by the American Psychological Association or any of its affiliates (64B19-13.003(2)(e)). No minimum live/in-person hours are stated; all 40 hours may be earned online where the provider/program qualifies. Live workshops/seminars from approved providers are credited hour-by-hour (no cap).
  • ACCEPTABILITY STANDARDS: No CE credit is earned for regular work as a psychologist; independent, unstructured, or self-structured learning; personal psychotherapy or personal growth; obtaining/providing supervision or consultation from someone who is not a Board-approved CE provider; or home study except from APA-approved providers (64B19-13.003(2)). Board-approved programs must enhance psychological skills/knowledge, be of sufficient duration, and be taught by an instructor with at least 2 years of education/research/practical application in the subject (64B19-13.004). Florida uses a dual model: APA-approved (or affiliate) providers OR Florida Board-approved providers both qualify; graduate courses from APA-accredited or regionally accredited universities and CE approved by any other DOH/MQA board also qualify. No lettered provider tiers.
  • COURSE REPEAT RESTRICTIONS: Presenting or moderating a Board-approved CE program earns credit only for the first time per biennium (64B19-13.003(1)(f)). Adjunct teaching earns a maximum of 20 CE for the first time teaching per course per renewal (64B19-13.003(1)(n)). Diplomate/Board-Certification credit (37 CE) is allowed only during the biennium in which the diplomate is first awarded (64B19-13.003(1)(e)). No general prohibition on an ordinary attendee taking the same course twice in a cycle.
  • LICENSE STATUS RULES: Inactive-status licensees are exempt from CE while inactive (certify non-practice and pay inactive fee, 64B19-13.002); retired-status licensees are exempt while retired (64B19-14.001). CE is deferred, not forgiven. MANUAL REVIEW, REACTIVATION MAKEUP SCALES WITH TIME: Reactivation from INACTIVE requires 40 hours of CE meeting 64B19-13.003(3) for each full biennium inactive PLUS the last full active biennium (64B19-15.003(2)); inactive more than two consecutive biennia may require a special-purpose examination. Reactivation from RETIRED under 5 years requires fees plus 40 hours per biennial period retired and the last full active biennium; retired 5+ years additionally requires retaking and passing the Florida laws-and-rules examination within 12 months before the reactivation request (64B19-14.003). These duration-dependent, historical-period makeup obligations cannot be represented exactly by the engine.
  • Military-spouse renewal-requirement exemption exists under 64B19-13.0015 for qualifying armed-forces spouses (full text not reproduced; verify wording/duration). Hardship/illness CE waivers are handled through the general Section 120.542, F.S. variance/waiver petition process; no numeric hardship allowance is written into the CE rule.
  • A person holding two or more Florida licenses subject to 456.031 may show one board-approved domestic-violence course to satisfy the DV requirement for all of them (456.031(1)(d)). Informational only; engine evaluates one license at a time.
  • MEDICAL ERRORS CONTENT: the 2-hour medical-errors course must be Board-approved and its content must address root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, and include psychology-specific errors such as misdiagnosis, failure to detect suicidality or dangerousness, and improper release of records (64B19-13.003(3); 456.013(7)).
  • BOARD SERVICE DUAL CREDIT: hours earned by attending a Board or Board-committee meeting, or by serving on a Board Probable Cause Panel, also satisfy the ethics/legal (professional ethics and Florida laws-and-rules) requirement hour-by-hour (64B19-13.003(1)(a)-(b)). When entering these credits, tag them with both the board-service category and the ethics/laws categories so both requirements recognize the same hours.
  • FIRST RENEWAL: passing the Board's laws-and-rules examination, required of every initial licensee, constitutes the FULL forty (40) hours of continuing education credit, including the professional-ethics and Florida-laws-and-rules credit (64B19-13.003(3)(c)). The examination does NOT satisfy the 2-hour prevention-of-medical-errors course, which must still be completed before the first renewal. Net effect for a first-time renewer: the 40-hour requirement is already satisfied by the examination and only the 2-hour medical-errors course is owed (encoded as a first-cycle override totaling 2 hours).

Florida Psychologist CE: frequently asked questions

How many CE hours do Florida Psychologist licensees need?

Florida requires 40 continuing education hours every 2 years to renew a Psychologist license. The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by May 31 of even years.

How many ethics hours are required for Florida Psychologist licensees?

Of the total, 3 hours must be in ethics and laws.

How often do Florida Psychologist licensees renew?

The renewal cycle is biennial, and CE is due by May 31 of even years.

How much does Florida Psychologist license renewal cost?

The board's renewal fee is $205 every 2 years, per the Florida board fee schedule. Renewing late adds a $405 delinquency fee on top. CE course costs are separate and set by course providers.

Are there subject-specific CE requirements for Florida Psychologist licensees?

Yes. In addition to ethics, Florida requires 2 hours of medical errors, 1 hour of ethics, 1 hour of florida laws and rules.

Is the first renewal different for new Florida Psychologist licensees?

The first renewal is different. New licensees have adjusted first-cycle requirements, such as prorated hours or first-cycle-only rules, and we apply them automatically.

Sources and verification

State source
Florida board rule
Last verified
August 2026
Ruleset version
2026.2

We reviewed this page against the Florida board source, and we refresh it from the compiled ruleset above. Methodology and disclaimer. Compliance data is for guidance only, not legal or board advice. Always confirm requirements with your licensing board before renewing. See something wrong? Report it

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Florida guides & data

What to keep for a CE audit →Learn what boards ask for in a CE audit, how long each state says to keep certificates, and what the notice looks like, then use the printable checklist.Florida mental health workforce data →66,391 active providers, or 283 per 100,000 residents, ranked 45 of 51. The page includes a county density map and free CSV downloads.

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