State Requirements

Iowa

Based on your state requirements, on-demand courses are accepted in your state. Our courses are structured to meet NCEES Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) guidelines — the nationally recognized standard for continuing education. Each course includes a final graded assessment and completion certificate, giving you the documentation you need for your state's renewal audit. Engineers are responsible for confirming their specific board requirements.

PDH Hours Required: In Iowa, Professional Engineers are required to complete 30 PDHs biennially. Starting December 2019, there's a mandate to include 2 PDHs covering Ethics within the total PDH count.
Renewal Dates: Renewal deadlines are on December 31 of either even or odd-numbered years, depending on the date of initial licensure.
PDH Carryover: Up to 15 PDHs not used for the current renewal period can be carried forward into the next renewal period.
Board Pre-Approval: The Board does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. It's the responsibility of each engineer to verify if an activity meets the Board's standards.
Approved Content: The content should avoid personal development topics and should aim to maintain, improve, or expand skills and knowledge acquired before initial licensure, or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge. The Board categorizes PDH credits into Group 1 and Group 2 activities. Group 1 activities have limitations on the number of hours allowed in each course area, while Group 2 activities, covering postgraduate level engineering science or design, new technology, environmental regulation, and engineering management, have no such restrictions.
Approved Activities: Online self-study courses, deemed as "independent study" by the Board, are capped at a maximum of 10 PDH each renewal period, though live, interactive webinars can be used to earn all mandated PDH credits.
Notes: For individuals active in both engineering and land surveying, the requirement is 20 PDHs in engineering and 20 PDHs in land surveying biennially, with a total of 4 PDHs covering Ethics. Courses in CAD and fundamental computer applications are generally not acceptable, unless aimed at solving engineering or land surveying problems.