CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR
NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS

PI Education online continuing education courses for private investigators are a great source to meet your continuing education requirements in North Carolina.

All PI Education online continuing education courses formally approved by the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board can be verified here: BOARD APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE. 

The following are the North Carolina rules regarding private investigator continuing education as posted and mandated by the licensing authority:

• All licensees, regardless of license type, are required to complete 12 hours of continuing education (CE) during each 2-year license period. Registrants, such as armed or unarmed security guards, are not required to complete continuing education. The continuing education requirement cannot be waived or deferred under any circumstance. A maximum of six hours of CE may be obtained from online, on-demand courses. There is no limit to the number of hours that may be obtained from in-person instruction or live, virtual instruction.
• CEUs must be obtained during the two-year period before license renewal, and “extra CE hours” cannot be carried over.
• The PPSB criteria for awarding continuing education credit for online courses are as follows:
  • It defines a “live” course as delivered in person or online in real-time, where an instructor can answer questions or facilitate discussion.
  • A licensee may obtain 12 hours of required continuing education from live courses during the 2-year license period.
  • The Board also clarified that asynchronous online courses, such as recorded and self-paced courses without a live instructor, are restricted to a maximum of six hours of continuing education per two-year license period.
  • If you take a PI Education asynchronous online course, you will only receive a maximum of 6 hours of CE credit in NC for our online courses, even if you take a 12 or 8-hour course.
  • Our live/virtual courses are posted here: PI Education Live Virtual Classroom

To receive Continuing Education credit, a licensee must:

1.  Attend a PPSB approved continuing education course.

2.  Sign an attendance Roster upon arrival at the training class site. (Accomplished online through user registration)

3.  Obtain a CE Certificate of Completion from the instructor upon completion of the class.

4.  Attach the Certificate of Completion to the license renewal form and submit it to the PPSB office with license renewal paperwork. (Do not send certificates into the PPSB prior to license renewal.)

5.  Every Licensee must also submit the “Licensee’s Statement of Continuing Education Hours.” The licensee fills out this form and signs it verifying they have meet and taken the required twelve (12) hours of continuing education hours to renew their licensee. (Do not send Licensee’s Statement of Continuing Education Hours into the PPSB prior to license renewal.)

For verification or more information see: https://www.ncdps.gov/about-dps/boards-and-commissions/private-protective-services-board/licenses/continuing-education