Continuing Education

To renew your Georgia EMT/EMT-I/AEMT/CT/Paramedic/Paramedic with Critical Care Endorsement License, you will need to have completed the minimum number of hours listed below for the level you are licensed, which is approved by the Department or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education (CAPCE). Courses approved by another State Office of EMS will be reviewed for acceptance on a case-by-case basis.

Minimum Required Hours for EMT, EMT-I, AEMT, CT, and Paramedic License Renewal (Licenses that expire on or before 3/31/2028)

You will need to complete a total of 40 hours of State or CAPCE-approved EMS continuing education credits, which include:

• 8 hours of Pediatric topics
• 4 hours of Cardiovascular topics (STEMI and Stroke)
• 4 hours of Trauma topics
• 24 hours of General EMS topics (except CPR and ACLS topics)

Additionally, the following are required: 

• All EMS Providers must maintain BLS certification from a Department-approved sponsor.
• All Cardiac Technicians/Paramedics must maintain ACLS certification from a Department-approved sponsor.

While the National Registry is not required to be renewed for recertification in Georgia, you will need to complete a total of 40 hours of state-approved EMS continuing education credits in order to maintain your license active.

Minimum Required Hours for EMT, EMT-I, AEMT, CT, and Paramedic License Renewal (Licenses that expire on or after 3/31/2029)

The hours of continuing education must include the minimum topic hours identified below that are State or CAPCE-approved EMS continuing education hours. 

• All EMS Providers must maintain BLS certification from a Department-approved sponsor.
• All Cardiac Technicians/Paramedics must maintain ACLS certification from a Department-approved sponsor.

Beginning with the 2027 – 2029 license cycle, EMS Providers will be allowed to use the hours from BLS (4 hours) and ACLS (6 hours) recertification toward their required CE for license renewal. These hours should be listed under the Cardiovascular topic area when adding to your Education Report in the license management system.

Note: Minimum hours per topic area by specialty.

Paramedics with Critical Care Endorsement must also:

• Maintain NREMT Paramedic Certification; and
• Maintain IBSC or BCEN Board certification 

Minimum Required Hours for EMT-Responder (EMT-R) License Renewal

You will need to complete a total of 16 hours of State or CAPCE-approved EMS continuing education that meets the NREMT EMR recertification requirements AND renew your NREMT certification at the EMR level. 

All EMT-Responders are required to maintain NREMT's EMR certification.

Once you have completed approved continuing education, you will document that education in your Education Report within your license profile located in the license management system and submit your license renewal application before the expiration date.

It is required for ALL licensed personnel (medics and instructors) to input their continuing education for each renewal cycle into the EMS License Management System.

It is your responsibility to save all continuing education transcripts, which you can provide to the State should you be audited by the Georgia State Office of EMS and Trauma. Failure to provide the requested, required documentation will result in the suspension or revocation of your EMS license.

Continuing Education Hours Tracking in LMS

The LMS allows medics to track their CEUs throughout a renewal cycle, and medics will be required to have all 40 hours of their CEUs recorded in the system prior to being allowed to renew their license. Medics who renew their license must have current CEUs at the time of renewal. It is highly encouraged for medics to keep their CEUs up-to-date throughout the renewal cycle.

As a reminder, there are only two types of continuing education courses considered acceptable for medic license renewal in Georgia - those approved by the Georgia Office of EMS and Trauma and those hours approved by CAPCE. For medics who take Office of EMS and Trauma-approved CEUs, instructors will be able to add your name to the roster for the course and automatically add the hours to your profile at the completion of the course, including state-approved conferences.

How to Submit Continuing Education Hours During the Renewal Cycle

Please note - if you attend an OEMS course, before you add training yourself, please check to see if the instructor has already added you to the course.

If you have 

1. Go to LMS Public Portal and log in (review instructions on how to obtain access)
2. Click on Education on the left 
3. Click on My Report under the Education link
4. On this tab, you will see any courses that you have already added (or have been added by you attending an OEMS-approved course)
   1. Click on the (>) next to each topic to see the list of courses that have already been added to your training record and verify that it has not already been added.
5. For each training course/date that you want to add, do the following:
   1. Click on the green (+) button to the right of one of the topics that the training you are adding is included in
   2. Enter the Course Name of the training (you do not need to enter the course number)
   3. Enter the Completed Date of the course (if the course was multiple dates, enter the last date of the course)
   4. You do not need to enter the Location
   5. Upload a scanned copy of your course certificate by clicking the Choose File button, and selecting the file on your computer for your certificate.
   6. Based on which green (+) button you click, the first topic has been selected for you - (enter the number of hours)
   7. To add additional topics, click Add Topic, select the Topic, and enter the number of hours of credit (remember that you must have 40 hours - with at least 4 in Trauma, 4 in Cardiac, and 8 in Pediatrics)
      • To enter additional topics covered for this training course/day, click Add Topic
      • When you are done adding topics, click the blue Add button
6. Your hours have been added!

YouTube tutorial for Instructions on adding training hours. 

Page last updated 7/14/2026