How are NCRA CE credits calculated?
Prior to July 1, 1999, NCRA awarded 2 CE credits per seminar hour. Those holding NCRA-sponsored certifications such as the RPR, RMR, RDR, CRR, CMRS, were required to earn 30 CE credits every three years, which translated into 15 hours since 2 credits were formerly awarded for every hour. On July 1, 1999, NCRA adopted the nationally-recognized continuing education unit or CEU. This CEU system measures CE hours in tenths; hence, one NCRA CE credit hour is equivalent to .10 CEU. NCRA now requires 3.0 CEU every three years, which translates into 30 hours of continuing education. (One hour = 0.10 CEU; ten hours = 1.0 CEU; thirty hours = 3.0 CEU) Although NCRA certificate holders are now required to earn twice the number of CE credits, the more restrictive core curriculum has been abolished and there’s no longer a cap on the number of credits earned during one educational event. (It used to be restricted to a maximum of 24 credits per educational event, which forced certificate holders to at
