Continuing Education Service FAQs

No. CE Service is a provider of continuing education and has no authority to provide or renew any type of license. If you need license-specific information, please visit DSHS - Health Professionals and scroll down to "Licensing." 

No. CE Service is a provider of continuing education and has no authority to provide or renew continuing education Provider status.  

 
If you need Provider status help, please contact the appropriate accreditation Board for more information. 

In order to maintain adherence to the DSHS Mission, content integrity, policies, and values, Continuing Education Service has certain requirements for awarding Continuing Education to events initiated by outside organizations.

1. Outside organizations must already be planning and co-sponsoring the event with a DSHS or HHSC program/department closely aligned to their area of interest.
2. All communication must be between CE Service and the DSHS/HHSC contact for the event ("Event Planner").
3. All events must be approved by a DSHS Associate Commissioner, Center Director, or Office Director.
4. First contact with CE Service must be at least 90 days prior to the event date.

If your event meets these requirements, please have your DSHS Event Planner contact us to start the application process.

CE Service can assist in providing continuing education credits/contact hours for the following types of events: 

• Live: occur at a certain time and have a person available to answer questions; can be in person or virtual 

• Enduring: usually online; available for participants to view at any time 

• Regularly Scheduled Series: events that are planned as a series with multiple, ongoing sessions, e.g., offered weekly, monthly, or quarterly; examples: journal clubs, M&Ms, lecture series, case conference 

Yes! Please complete the Pre-Application Form, so that we may better assist you. 

Please reach out to the Event Planner from your event for your certificate. If you are not aware of who the Event Planner is, you can reach out to CE Service for help identifying them.  

 
If you are missing a Texas Health Steps certificate, please log into your Texas Health Steps account and find the certificate in your Transcript.