Continuing Education 

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• The CE course is provided by an approved organization

  1.    CE providers must be:
  

  • Approved by CoSD EMS, California EMSA, CECBEMS/CAPCE, or another state's EMS Agency
  • Approved California EMS CE providers can be found here
  • Provided by a college or university (see the Course Topic section for more detail) 
  • Further explanation can be found in  Title 22

   2.    Instruction limitations:

  • Must be taught by an instructor for 50% of the required total ("Instructor-Based")
  • Courses meeting the "instructor-based" requirement will state "instructor-based" on the CE certificate
  • Maximum of 12 hours of CE for "non-instructor based" courses is allowed per renewal/reinstatement cycle
    • Courses meeting the "non-instructor based" allocation will state "non-instructor based" or contain  "F3" in the course number

  • No more than 12 hours of any type of CE in a 24 hour period
  • Each certificate must be a minimum of 1 hour long
    • Hour increments: must be above 1 hour and may only increase by 0.5 increments above that first hour
      • Example of acceptable hour increments: 1.5 hrs; 2.5 hrs
      • Example of unacceptable hour increments: 0.5 hr; 1.25 hrs

   3.    Provide documentation of passing the course

  • CE certificate (see additional requirements below)
  • Transcript (unofficial is acceptable) 
    • Transcript must be complete and include your name, the name of the institution, the course name,  date(s) course(s) were taken, and credits earned.

   
• The CE course meets the topic requirements

  Required:
  

  1.    Must be relevant to prehospital care

  • Prehospital/emergency care-related
    • Out-of-scope, but relevant topics are allowed

  2.    Must meet  National Registry Criteria

  Optional:

  3.    CE hours may be applied to CE requirement for teaching an applicable course

  4.    College-level physical, social, and/or behavioral sciences

  • 1 Semester Unit = 15 CE hours
  • 1 Quarter Unit = 10 CE hours

  5.    A course may be repeated up to 1 time within a renewal cycle for credit

  •  CE hour(s) will be granted for both attendance dates

   
• The CE course has a verifiable certificate within the last two years

  1.    May not be used for more than one renewal (ex: CE may not be used for both the 2018-2020 certification cycle and the 2020-2022 certification cycle renewals)

  2.    Must have the following information

  • Student’s first and last name
  • Student’s State of CA Certification/License number
  • Course Title
  • Number of hours completed
  • EMS CE Provider number
  • Date of Completion
  • Provider/Agency’s name

  3.    Date on CE Certificate or Completion of College Course:

  • Must be less than two years old
  • Must be within the certification cycle 
    • Can be prior to the current effective date if the course(s) was completed after the issuance of the current EMT certification cycle and still meets all other required criteria