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Editorial independence

The rule we follow, not a mission statement.

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Both pans empty. No CE provider has paid to sit on either one, and none can. Photo: Katrin Bolovtsova via Pexels. Pexels License.

CredentialDesk is not affiliated with any state licensing board, and we don't sell continuing education courses ourselves. The CE links on each requirement page point to providers that commonly serve that profession, based on what each state board itself lists as approved where a public approved-provider list exists.

A provider paying us an affiliate commission is never the reason it appears on a page. If a provider isn't a fit for a profession or state, we don't list it there regardless of what it pays. When we don't have enough information to recommend a specific provider, we say so and point you to your board's own list instead of guessing.

Where a CE link is an affiliate link, meaning we earn a commission if you enroll through it, that's marked on the page carrying it and stated here plainly: it changes how we get paid, not which providers we list. As of July 2026 none of the CE providers we list pays us anything, so every CE link on the site is currently just a link.

The book links are a separate thing and they are ours to declare: those go to Amazon, we earn a commission on what you buy through them, and they sit in their own block below the CE section. No publisher pays for a place on that list. Nothing on it is board approved or counts toward continuing education, which is why it never appears beside the hours a board actually requires.

Requirement figures (CE hours, renewal cycles, fees, mandatory topics) are sourced from the state board itself and dated. If a board's rule is ambiguous or we can't verify a number, we say so on the page instead of guessing a plausible figure.

Found a listing that looks wrong, outdated, or like it's not actually board-approved? Tell us at hello@credentialdesk.com. We correct these fast because the cost of a wrong CE recommendation is a real licensee losing real time or money.