Florida PE Laws and Rules Course — 1 PDH
Florida Board-Approved Course 0010559 | 2025–2027 Renewal Cycle
Complete Florida’s required 1-hour Florida Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers continuing education course online and at your own pace.
Updated for the 2025–2027 renewal cycle and covering the statutory and Board-rule changes from the immediately preceding biennium.
1 PDH
100% online and self-paced
Certificate upon completion
Completion reported to Florida DBPR
Florida Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers is a 1-PDH, online self-paced course priced at $21.
The course reviews Chapter 471, Florida Statutes; applicable provisions of Chapter 455; and Division 61G15, Florida Administrative Code, including the laws and rules that changed during the immediately preceding biennium, responsible charge, signing and sealing, professional conduct, continuing education, renewal, disciplinary cases, and unlicensed practice. Florida PE Course 0010559 | LicensePoint Education Provider 0010824
Florida PE Laws and Rules Requirement for 2025–2027
Florida Professional Engineers generally complete 18 continuing education hours each biennium, including 1 hour related to Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, and the rules of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. The Florida Laws and Rules hour must be completed through a Board-approved course. The current continuing-education period is March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027.
The Florida Laws and Rules requirement is separate from the professional ethics requirement and from Advanced Florida Building Code training that may apply to engineers working on projects governed by the Florida Building Code.
What Changed During the 2023–2025 Florida PE Biennium?
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Florida’s Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers requirement is specifically intended to keep Professional Engineers current on changes to the statutes and Board rules governing engineering practice. For the current 2025–2027 renewal cycle, the immediately preceding biennium was March 1, 2023, through February 28, 2025.
LicensePoint Education’s course reviews the significant statutory and rule changes from that period and explains how they affect professional practice. The course review identified 33 final rulemaking actions affecting 30 unique rules in Division 61G15, along with legislative changes to Chapters 455 and 471.
Continuing-education reporting changed. Florida PEs are now required to maintain and certify their CE through NCEES CPC Tracking, while approved Florida Laws and Rules providers separately report course completions through Florida’s provider reporting system.
Florida Building Code requirements changed. Board rules incorporated the Eighth Edition Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code, and affected engineers became subject to Advanced Florida Building Code education associated with new code editions.
Professional-practice rules were revised. Changes addressed disciplinary standards, structural-engineering recognition, delegated engineering, fire-protection engineering documents, signing and sealing, and related professional responsibilities.
Florida statutes affecting engineers also changed. Among other changes, the employee exemption in §471.003 was revised from certain employees of a “corporation” to a qualifying “business organization,” while Florida also adopted changes affecting distance-learning CE and licensing administration.
The full course explains these changes in context and connects them to responsible charge, professional judgment, documentation, discipline, renewal, and current Florida engineering practice.
Current Florida CE Certificate Requirements
Effective May 26, 2025, Florida revised Rule 61G15-22.012 to require additional information on PE continuing-education certificates, including the participant’s name and Florida PE number, course information, date, credit awarded, and course description. LicensePoint Education course certificates are designed to provide the information required for Florida CE documentation.
What You’ll Learn in Course 0010559
Chapter 471 / Chapter 455 / Division 61G15
Practice and exemptions
Engineering business organizations
Responsible charge
Work prepared by others
Signing and sealing
Professional conduct and discipline
CE, renewal, reporting and records
Biennial rule/statutory changes
Disciplinary and unlicensed-practice examples
How the Course Works
100% online
Self-paced
1 PDH
10-question assessment
Certificate issued immediately upon completion
Florida Reporting and Certificate Information
After you complete Florida Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers, Course 0010559, LicensePoint Education will issue your course completion certificate and report your completion to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) through Florida's Education Provider Reporting Portal. Florida Laws and Rules course providers are required to report these course completions to the state.
Florida PEs also have an individual continuing-education reporting responsibility. Licensees must maintain a free NCEES CPC Tracking account and upload their continuing-education credits to that account. NCEES CPC Tracking is separate from Florida's DBPR licensing system, so the provider's DBPR report of your Laws and Rules course does not replace your responsibility to maintain your CE record in NCEES CPC Tracking.
Your completion certificate should be retained with your continuing-education records. Current Florida rules require CE certificates to identify the participant and Florida PE number, course information, presenter, completion date, continuing-education hours awarded, and a brief course description. Florida PEs must retain supporting CE documentation for four years from the date of completion.
After completing the course:
LicensePoint Education: Issues your certificate and reports your Florida Laws and Rules completion to DBPR.
You: Add and maintain your continuing-education information in NCEES CPC Tracking and retain your certificate for your records.
Before renewal: Verify that your Laws and Rules completion appears in your Florida licensing account and that your NCEES CPC Tracking record is complete.
Florida PE Renewal Requirements
Florida Professional Engineer licenses renew on a biennial cycle, with the current continuing-education period running from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. Most Florida PEs must complete 18 continuing education hours during the renewal biennium.
The 18 hours generally include:
1 hour of Florida Laws and Rules from a course approved by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers
1 hour of professional ethics
4 hours related to the engineer's area of practice
12 additional hours on topics pertinent to the practice of engineering
Unused continuing-education hours cannot be carried forward to the next biennium. Florida PEs must maintain their CE information through NCEES CPC Tracking and retain supporting documentation for four years from the date each activity is completed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Florida Laws and Rules for Professional Engineers, Course 0010559, is a 1-hour Florida Laws and Rules course offered by LicensePoint Education, Florida Board of Professional Engineers Continuing Education Provider 0010824. The course provides the Florida-specific Laws and Rules education required for the current renewal cycle.
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Yes. Florida requires 1 continuing education hour related to Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, and the rules of the Florida Board of Professional Engineers, and that hour must be obtained through a course approved by the Board pursuant to Rule 61G15-22.0105. Course 0010559 is LicensePoint Education's approved Florida Laws and Rules course.
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No. Florida treats these as two separate continuing-education requirements. Most Florida PEs need 1 hour of Florida Laws and Rules and 1 hour of professional ethics during each renewal biennium. Completing the Laws and Rules course does not replace the separate ethics requirement.
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The course provides a practical review of Chapter 471, Florida Statutes; applicable provisions of Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Division 61G15, Florida Administrative Code. Topics include engineering licensure and business organizations, responsible charge, supervision, signing and sealing, professional conduct, discipline, continuing education, renewal, and recordkeeping. It also reviews legislative and Board-rule changes from the immediately preceding biennium and selected disciplinary and unlicensed-practice cases.
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Yes. Course 0010559 includes a retrospective review of changes occurring during the March 1, 2023, through February 28, 2025 biennium, as required for Florida Laws and Rules course content. The course examines changes to Chapters 455 and 471, amendments to Division 61G15, and practical applications of Florida engineering laws and rules. Florida's course-approval rule specifically requires Laws and Rules course content to address changes to Chapters 455 and 471 and Board rules during the immediately preceding biennium.
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Yes. LicensePoint Education reports completion of the Florida Laws and Rules course through the Florida DBPR Education Provider Reporting Portal. Florida's Board-approved Laws and Rules course providers are required to report these completions.
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Yes. These are separate processes. LicensePoint Education reports your Florida Laws and Rules completion to DBPR, while Florida PEs are responsible for maintaining their continuing-education credits through the NCEES CPC Tracking system. Florida rules place responsibility on the licensee for uploading CE credits to the NCEES account.
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After successfully completing the course, you will receive an individual certificate of completion for your records. Current Florida rules require CE certificates to include identifying information such as the participant's name and Florida PE number, course information, presenter, completion date, continuing-education hours awarded, and a brief description of the course. Florida PEs should retain their CE documentation for four years from the date of completion.
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