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Florida LCSW CEU Requirements: A Working Guide for 2026–2027

April 19, 2026 · ~7 min read

The short version: 30 hours every two years, with a stack of mandatory categories that change depending on which biennium you're in. Add one-time HIV/AIDS pre-licensure, CE Broker reporting, and a 6-hour cap on non-clinical content, and the picture gets crowded fast. Here's the longer version, with the context that makes it usable.

Who this applies to

This guide is for active LCSWs in Florida, regulated by the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling under the Department of Health. LMHCs and LMFTs have similar but not identical rules — the numbers below are specific to clinical social workers under Rule 64B4-6.001.

The numbers

• 30 total CE hours every 2-year renewal cycle
• 2 hours of prevention of medical errors (every cycle)
• 3 hours of professional ethics & boundaries OR telehealth (every cycle)
• 2 hours of domestic violence (every 3rd biennium)
• 3 hours of Florida laws & rules (every 3rd biennium)
• 3 hours of HIV/AIDS (one-time, pre-licensure)
• Max 6 non-clinical/administrative hours per cycle

Every-cycle minimums count toward the 30. Every-3rd-biennium minimums also count toward the 30 when they kick in. None of these stack on top of the 30-hour total.

Every-cycle requirements

Two categories are required at every renewal:

• 2 hours — Prevention of medical errors. Specific to Florida health professions under Rule 64B4-6.001. The course has to be specifically labeled for this purpose.
• 3 hours — Professional ethics & boundaries OR telehealth. A single 3-hour block. Licensees can alternate between the two subject areas across cycles. If your practice is telehealth-heavy, you can take the telehealth variant every cycle. If it isn't, alternating gives you both content types over time.

The every-3rd-biennium quirk

Two additional categories only kick in every third biennium — every six years, from the perspective of a continuous licensee:

• 2 hours — Domestic violence. Also required within 6 months of initial licensure for new licensees.
• 3 hours — Florida laws & rules. Covers Chapter 491 (the practice act) and the board's administrative rules.

The every-3rd-biennium trigger is measured from when each rule took effect, not from your license issue date. Check with the board or your CE Broker account to confirm which biennium you're currently in before assuming you can skip them.

Heads up: Still Licensed currently treats these as recurring requirements every cycle, because the data model doesn't yet distinguish "every cycle" from "every Nth cycle." Better to over-prompt than under-prompt — but double-check the rule to confirm whether the current biennium actually requires them before you take courses you don't need this round.

HIV/AIDS — pre-licensure only

Fla. Stat. §491.0065 requires a 3-hour HIV/AIDS course at initial licensure. New licensees have 6 months from licensure to complete it, with an affidavit showing good cause if delayed. It is not a recurring renewal requirement — once it's done, it's done. If you were licensed years ago and remember this step, it's already behind you.

Qualified supervisor add-on

If you hold qualified-supervisor status under Rule 64B4-6.0025, you must complete 4 hours of supervisory training every third biennium. This is on top of the standard 30-hour CE total. The supervisor hours don't count toward the general 30-hour requirement and vice versa.

First renewal

Florida exempts the first renewal cycle from the 30-hour CE total. The mandatory categories — medical errors, ethics/telehealth, and any active every-3rd-biennium requirement — kick in starting with your second renewal. HIV/AIDS and domestic violence at initial licensure are separate tracks and still apply in your first 6 months.

Non-clinical / administrative cap

Up to 6 of your 30 hours may come from courses designed to enhance administrative, office management, billing, or other non-clinical skills. The remaining 24 must be clinical or professional in nature. If you've got a small private practice and want to take a practice-management course, it counts — up to the cap.

CE Broker is mandated

Florida has required CE Broker reporting for years. It's the board-mandated platform for all regulated health professions. Every CE hour has to end up there before renewal. Providers typically upload completion records on your behalf, but if you take a course from a non-Florida-approved provider, you may need to submit manually and have the board approve it.

Even with CE Broker in place, keep original certificates of completion for at least four years — enough to cover two full biennia. CE Broker has occasional gaps, and the board can ask for source documentation during an audit.

How Still Licensed helps

Still Licensed is not a CE Broker replacement. CE Broker is the board-mandated reporting layer, and it stays that — we don't duplicate what the board requires you to file.

Still Licensed sits one layer above. It tracks your 30-hour total, keeps the every-cycle minimums (medical errors, ethics-or-telehealth) visible, flags the 6-hour non-clinical cap, and counts down to your renewal date. For clinicians licensed in Florida plus one or more non-CE-Broker states — a common pattern with Georgia, Alabama, or South Carolina telehealth licenses — it aggregates all your states in one view. CE Broker files with the board; Still Licensed is the planning view that tells you what's left to take.

Board links

CE info: floridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov
Renewal portal: flhealthsource.gov MQA portal
CE Broker: cebroker.com

Keep it that way.