CE Broker is the electronic tracking system the Florida Department of Health uses to verify your continuing education before it will process a license renewal. Your renewal in Florida runs through CE Broker whether you touch the site or not: when you log in to the DOH portal to renew, it pulls your CE Broker compliance status automatically. If your record shows “Compliant,” the renewal proceeds and you pay your fees. If it doesn’t, the portal blocks you from finishing until the gap is fixed.1Florida Department of Health. Continuing Education
That’s the whole game. Everything below is about making sure the status you see in CE Broker matches the hours you’ve actually earned, well before your license expires at midnight on its expiration date.
Claim Your Account and Read the Dashboard
Every Florida health care licensee already has a profile in CE Broker tied to their license number. To use it, register at cebroker.com with that number. The free Basic Account covers what you need: reported courses, compliance status, and self-reporting. The paid Professional Account adds a detailed breakdown of which requirements you still have left, but it isn’t required to renew.
Once you’re in, your dashboard shows a compliance transcript: every reported course with the provider name, completion date, and hours credited, plus a status indicator reading “Compliant” or “Not Compliant” for the current renewal period. This is the same status the DOH checks at renewal, so what you see is what the state sees.2Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine. CE/CME Quick Report Feature on CE Broker
Confirm What Your Board Actually Requires
CE requirements vary by profession and licensing board. The number of hours, the mandatory subject areas, and the mix of general versus board-specific credits differ from one license type to the next. Your board publishes its current biennial requirements, and flhealthsource.gov links out to the profession-specific details.3Florida Department of Health. Florida Department of Health License Renewal Application
One rule applies to every licensed health care practitioner in Florida: a two-hour course on the prevention of medical errors each biennial renewal, covering root-cause analysis, error reduction, and patient safety. Those two hours count toward your total, not on top of it.4Florida Senate. Florida Statutes 456.013 – Department; General Licensing Provisions Depending on your board, you may also owe hours in HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, human trafficking, or laws and rules. Check at the start of each cycle rather than assuming the list hasn’t shifted.
Find Courses Your Board Has Approved
Only courses from Florida board-approved providers count toward your renewal. Use CE Broker’s built-in course search to avoid guessing. Click “Find Courses” at the top of the screen, then use the “All Subject Areas” dropdown next to your profession to filter for a mandatory topic such as medical errors or ethics. Results narrow to courses approved by your board for that requirement.5CE Broker Help Center. Finding Approved CE Courses
The filters panel on the left lets you sort by provider, delivery method, and keyword. Before enrolling, open the course details and check the “Subject Areas” section to confirm which board has approved it and how many hours you’ll receive for your specific license type. A course approved for nurses isn’t automatically approved for physical therapists, even when the subject matter overlaps.5CE Broker Help Center. Finding Approved CE Courses
How Hours Reach Your Transcript
Credit arrives one of two ways: the provider reports it, or you do.
Provider Reporting
Florida-approved CE providers are required by law to electronically report your completions to the DOH tracking system.2Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine. CE/CME Quick Report Feature on CE Broker For most in-state courses, this happens without any action on your part. The one thing you have to do is give the provider your correct Florida license number when you take the course. A wrong or missing number means the report won’t match your profile and the hours won’t appear.
Reporting isn’t always immediate. Some providers take several weeks. If a course you completed hasn’t shown up after a reasonable stretch, contact the provider before assuming CE Broker is the problem.
Self-Reporting
When a provider doesn’t report automatically, you enter the credit yourself. This most often applies to approved out-of-state courses and certain teaching or mentoring activities. Have your certificate of completion in hand, log in, and click “Report CE” at the top of the page.6CE Broker. Report Continuing Education
If you hold more than one Florida license, select the specific license first. Choose the appropriate activity type, then enter completion date, course type, hours, provider name, and course name from your certificate. Upload the certificate when prompted, attest, and submit.
Two caveats worth knowing. Some Florida regulatory boards do not permit self-reporting at all; if yours is one of them, you’ll depend entirely on the provider.6CE Broker. Report Continuing Education And if the course or provider doesn’t turn up in CE Broker’s search when you try to self-report, that’s a strong signal it isn’t approved for your profession. Verify approval before you invest hours in a course you can’t use.
Multiple Licenses Mean Multiple Reports
If you hold more than one Florida professional license, each has its own CE Broker compliance record with its own requirements and its own renewal deadline. A course that satisfies both boards doesn’t appear on both transcripts automatically. You have to report the credit to each license separately, even when the underlying work is identical.6CE Broker. Report Continuing Education Build the habit of running through every license’s transcript whenever you report new credit.
Check Compliance at Least 30 Days Before Renewal
The DOH tells licensees to log in to CE Broker and confirm records are complete before starting the renewal application.7Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. CE/CME Quick Report Feature on CE Broker That’s where most preventable renewal problems get caught. A self-reported course still showing “Pending” won’t count toward compliance until it’s verified. A provider report with a typo in your license number won’t show up at all.
Log in at least 30 days before your deadline. If something’s off, you still have time to contact the provider, upload missing documentation, or complete another course. Checking the day your license expires is the most common route to a lapse.
What Happens If Your License Lapses
If you fail to renew before your license expires, the license becomes delinquent in the following licensure cycle. You cannot legally practice with a delinquent license, and doing so exposes you to disciplinary action under the statute.8Florida Senate. Florida Statutes 456.036 – Licenses; Active and Inactive Status; Delinquency
To restore active or inactive status, you have to apply during the same licensure cycle in which the license went delinquent. You’ll owe a delinquency fee on top of the regular renewal fees, and that delinquency fee can be as high as the full biennial renewal fee itself. All outstanding CE requirements still have to be satisfied before reactivation.8Florida Senate. Florida Statutes 456.036 – Licenses; Active and Inactive Status; Delinquency
Stay delinquent through the end of that licensure cycle without restoring status and the license becomes null. There is no reinstatement at that point. You would apply as a brand-new applicant and meet every requirement from scratch.8Florida Senate. Florida Statutes 456.036 – Licenses; Active and Inactive Status; Delinquency That’s the reason the 30-day check exists.