I hope BenefitsLink readers will help me crowdsource a little academic task.
The goal is to get a general sense, which at this stage may be anecdotal rather than scientific, of how many continuing-professional-education hours are required of each of several kinds of professionals.
Are actuaries, accountants, attorneys, enrolled agents, enrolled retirement plan agents, certified financial analysts, certified financial planners, and other professionals similar or different in what each license requires?
How many CPE hours? In what measurement period?
Is the CPE requirement a condition of a governmental license or privilege? Or is the CPE requirement a condition of using an association's trademark or certification mark?
I'll start: I must do 12 CLE hours a year. But this need not be evenly paced because there are three-year cycles, and there are limited carry-forwards of some credits not used in a previous cycle. This CLE requirement is a condition of my license to practice law in Pennsylvania.
So how many continuing-professional-education hours are required of you?