Maine SLP license renewal and continuing education
Maine’s Board of Speech, Audiology and Hearing rules state: “A speech-language pathologist, audiologist or hearing aid dealer and fitter shall certify at time of license renewal to completion of 10 hours of continuing professional education during the preceding license term as set forth in this chapter.”
Quoted from official pages checked November 12, 2026. Confirm current requirements, fees, and dates on those sites. This page is not legal advice and does not guarantee eligibility, certification, or licensure.
Source read on November 12, 2026: the board’s consolidated current rule chapters (02-643), linked from the Secretary of State’s list of current rules. Chapter 8 includes both an older text and the text effective for renewals on and after March 1, 2012; this page uses the later text.
Cycle
SLP licenses “expire annually on February 28 of each year that is not a leap year and on February 29 of each year that is a leap year.” Dual SLP and audiology licensees certify 16 hours (paraphrased).
First renewal
A licensee first licensed in the first six months of the one-year term certifies 5 hours at the first renewal; one licensed in the second six months needs none (paraphrased).
What counts
Live seminars and workshops, academic courses, and interactive distance learning count without a cap. Presenting, publishing, home study, and non-interactive distance learning together count for no more than 4 hours (paraphrased). Activities must relate directly to speech-language pathology or audiology, and the listed content areas include ethics and supervision training (paraphrased).
Who is covered
The chapter does not apply to temporary speech-language pathologists or speech-language pathology assistants (paraphrased).
Required topics
None named. The official source this page quotes sets the CE hours but does not name a required topic (read November 12, 2026). Other state laws can still apply, so confirm with the board before you renew.
Compare states: required CE topics by state.
What this page does not do
It covers the speech-language pathologist license only, and only what the official page or pages named above say. It does not list fees, does not cover school credentials issued by a state education agency, and does not replace the board’s own instructions. Rules change; check the board before you renew.