Nevada PE CE (PDH) Requirements (2026): 30 Hours Every 2 Years

Requirements Overview

Within the 30 biennial PDHs, NAC 625.430 requires 2 hours of professional ethics and 1 hour covering chapter 625 of the NRS and NAC. The Board offers recorded Professional Ethics (2 PDH) and Nevada Chapter 625 (1 PDH) webinars that satisfy these directly.

Online and self-study formats are eligible—NAC 625.470 recognizes self-study at one PDH per hour, and seminars, correspondence, televised, and videotaped courses each earn 1 PDH per contact hour, with no stated online cap. Nevada does not permit carry-over of excess PDHs between periods.

Under the Home State Rule (NAC 625.450), a licensee residing in and licensed by a substantially equivalent jurisdiction may have PDH reporting waived—but must still complete the Nevada-unique ethics and law hours. The Board audits a random sample of 100 licensees after renewal.

Mandatory Topics

Exemptions

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  Home State Rule — If a Nevada licensee lives in another jurisdiction and holds a valid license there, and that jurisdiction's requirements are substantially equivalent to Nevada's and have been met, then reporting of PDHs is waived at Nevada license renewal per NAC 625.450 (e.g., Texas, which requires 30 biennially / 15 annual equivalent).

  Even if reporting is waived under the Home State Rule, the licensee is still required to complete continuing education requirements that are unique to Nevada (2 hours professional ethics and 1 hour NRS/NAC chapter 625).

  Reporting is required if the home jurisdiction's requirements are not substantially equivalent (e.g., California, which requires 0 PDH).

How You Can Complete Your CE

Nevada CE Rules & Limits

Details specific to Nevada that generic CE guides tend to miss:

• Self-study is an eligible activity to accrue PDH per NAC 625.470; one hour of self-study equates to one PDH.
• Qualified activities and PDH values include: college course (1 semester hr = 45 PDH, 1 quarter hr = 30 PDH); CEU courses (0.1 CEU = 1 PDH); seminars/short-courses/correspondence/televised/videotaped courses (1 PDH per contact hour); teaching/presenting (2x the PDH for attending); authoring published papers/articles/books (10 PDH each); patent as inventor of record (10 PDH each); professional/technical society officer or active committee member (2 PDH per organization per year); writing accepted professional exam problems (4 PDH per question, 10 PDH max/year).
• The board conducts a post-renewal audit; a random sample of 100 licensees will be requested to submit documentation supporting the PDHs reported on their renewal applications.
• NCEES record holders can maintain continuing education records free of charge via their My NCEES account, and the Nevada Board can access those records to confirm compliance.
• The board hosts Nevada Chapter 625 Statutes/Regulations and Professional Ethics webinars (e.g., May 20 and 21, 2026); recorded videos are available afterward and grant 1 PDH (law) and 2 PDH (ethics) respectively.
• Renewal is biennial and reporting covers PDHs accrued in the preceding twenty-four months during the current biennial license period.

Tips for Nevada PEs

• Satisfy the 2-hour ethics and 1-hour NRS/NAC chapter 625 requirements with the Board's recorded webinars.
• Even if the Home State Rule waives your reporting, you must still complete Nevada's 2 ethics and 1 law hours.
• Nevada has no carry-over, so plan to earn a full 30 PDHs each cycle—excess hours are lost.
• NCEES record holders can store CE free via My NCEES; the Board can access those records to confirm compliance.
• Self-study now counts under NAC 625.470 at one PDH per hour—document the date and time spent.

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