State CPE Requirements
Maine
Welcome to your go-to guide for fulfilling your Continuing Professional Education requirements, tailored to your state’s specific mandates and regulations.
Revision Date:
November 9, 2022
All Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements are sourced from NASBA. For detailed information, please visit the NASBA CPE Requirements page.
Total CPE Hours Required
40 hours
CPE Reporting Period
10/1 to 9/30 annually
License Renewal Deadline
9/30 annually
License Renewal Deadline:
9/30 annually
CPE Reporting Period:
10/1 to 9/30 annually
Total CPE Hours Required:
40 hours
Ethics Requirements:
4 hours every 3 years
Credit Limitations:
Instruction: Instruction credits are limited to 50% of total hours.
Non-Technical Subjects: Courses in the following subject areas are limited to 50% of total hours:
- Communication arts
- Mathematics, statistics, probability, and quantitative applications in business
- Economics
- Business, securities, and administrative law
- Human resources policies
- Computer software applications
Published Materials: Authorship credits are limited to 50% of total hours.
Fields of Study: This jurisdiction has rules placing limitations on certain subject areas or requiring a certain number of credits within a specific subject area or group of subject areas. Confirmation with the Board regarding the impact of changes included in the new Fields of Study document, which went into effect September 1, 2016, is included in this analysis.
Other Subject Area Requirements:
None
Other State Policies:
• Carryover: A maximum of 20 credit hours may be carried from one reporting period to the subsequent reporting period. Carried hours cannot be used to meet the ethics requirement.
• Maine accepts CPE credits for programs offered by NASBA sponsors.
QAS Self-Study
Other State CPE Requirements
Deadlines always sneak up on you, but not this time.
Financial and Accounting Professionals reporting in one of the states listed below can easily find their State’s CPE Requirements.