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Pennsylvania engineers are now required to earn PDH prior to each license renewal. Effective with the renewal in September 2011, engineers will be required to earn 24 PDH for each biennial renewal period.

PDHengineer is proud to announce that our courses will meet the new Pennsylvania requirements. Highlights of the new law include:

Engineers must earn 24 PDH for each renewal period beginning September 30, 2011.
Engineers may earn all 24 PDH using online courses and webinars such as those offered on PDHengineer.com.
Acceptable courses must "maintain, improve or develop the professional's skills or knowledge." Courses on the subject of office management or practice building are not accepted. To make it easy to check acceptability of PDHengineer's courses, each course overview page includes a list on the right side that shows the states in which the course is accepted.
Although the board holds the ultimate authority over what is acceptable, there is no pre-approval of continuing education courses or sponsors. This means that the individual licensee must be certain that courses taken meet the board's standards. Therefore it is important to take courses from a qualified provider, such as PDHengineer.com.

Over the years, tens of thousands of Professional Engineers have trusted PDHengineer to provide high quality continuing education courses for their license renewals. And during that time, no PDHengineer course or webinar has ever been rejected by any state board. We're so confident in our courses that we offer the PDHengineer Iron-Clad Money-Back Guarantee. If any of our courses are ever rejected by any state board for any reason, we'll refund the full purchase price. Period.

In our online course catalog, you will find courses that meet the board's requirement covering all major areas of engineering practice. We offer a wide variety of subjects including today's hottest engineering topics.

How it works

Completing a PDHengineer course is easy.

Search for a course, then study the course material.
Click on the Take Quiz button at the bottom of the course page and follow the instructions to create an account.
Complete the short online quiz. The quiz is scored automatically by our system. A passing score of 70% is required. You may retake the quiz as many times as required until you pass.
Instantly access and print your Certificate of Completion online.

PDHengineer.com has more than 2,500 hours of engineering continuing education online. It's convenient and cost-effective since you can take the course day or night in your own home or office.

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Pennsylvania Board Requirements

Below is a summary of the Board's continuing education requirements for engineers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania:

Subject	Requirement
Hours Required	24 hours biennially beginning with renewals September 30, 2011
Renewal Dates	September 30 odd years for all engineers
Course Approval	The Board does not pre-approve providers or specific courses. Each engineer must determine whether an activity meets the Board's requirements.
Course Content	Courses must "maintain, improve or develop the professional's skills." In addition, courses in ethics or the law are accepted, however courses relating to "practice building or office management" are not.
Online Courses	Accepted. There is no limit on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education.
PDH Carryover	A maximum of 12 PDH may be carried forward into the next renewal period.

Last updated on June 10, 2010

For complete information on the Board's current continuing education requirements, visit the website of the Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.