Please visit the Membership page of our website to view the most current information on PAPA membership benefits.
Regardless of the date your membership is purchased, the following information applies:
- PAPA membership always expires on December 31 of the respective year. (e.g. all 2025 memberships expire on December 31, 2025.)
- PAPA membership covers PAPA CE hours tracking from January 1 – December 31 of the respective year. (e.g. 2025 membership covers hours tracking for all PAPA CE courses attended from January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.)
Please click here to read DPR's Continuing Education Hours Required for License and Certificate Holders.
- Most QAC/QALs require 20 hours of CE (minimum of 4 must be laws).
- QAC/QAL holders with only category H need 4 hours (minimum of 2 must be laws).
- QAC holders with only subcategory Q need 8 hours (minimum of 2 must be laws).
Law hours minimums must be met. Excess law hours can be applied to your total number of hours. If you are renewing for the first time, you may not need the full hours requirement. Please click here for more information.
Please go to DPR's website for more information: www.cdpr.ca.gov.
DPR licensees need to complete their hours within their 2-year licensing period, but are not restricted as to how many hours are earned per year. (Example: You can get 10 hours each year, 14 hours in one year and 6 the next, 20 hours all in one year, etc.) You may only earn hours between the issue date and expiration dates that are printed on your DPR certificate/license card.
You must complete the required hours by December 31 of your expiration year. You can renew your certificate/license for up to one year after it expires, but you will be subject to a late fee after December 31 of your expiration year.
You may only earn hours between the issue date and expiration dates that are printed on your DPR certificate/license card.
There is no grace period for completing the required amount of CE hours. If you do not obtain the required CE before your certificate/license expires, you are not eligible to renew and must retest as a new applicant.
As of 2024, all CE course sponsors are required to report their attendance to DPR. PAPA is in compliance with this new requirement. DPR is now tracking hours for all certificate/license holders.
New in 2025: You no longer have to submit a summary of your hours or any other proof of attendance to DPR, if you check your hours on DPR's website and they show a record of all of your attendance.
You can check your hours on DPR's website, just click here and follow the instructions below.
- Open that page, then scroll down until you see "Licenses and certificates, complete list indexed by name of the person licensed, or business license".
- Choose the first letter of your last name from the "Individual" drop down box.
- On the page it takes you to, scroll down until you find your row on the list.
- Check the laws, aerial, other, and total columns for your row.
- If the website shows the full number of hours required to renew your certificate/license, then you do not need to list any hours on the Continuing Education Record Renewal Summary form in your renewal packet or mail DPR any proof of your hours. Just write "Hours requirement met and verified on DPR website" anywhere on that form and submit it with your renewal application and payment.
Please see this DPR notice for what to do if the DPR website shows less than the full amount of hours required to renew your certificate/license (option 2): https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CADPR/bulletins/3e7ef2d
Remember — excess law hours still count toward your total! Please click here for details on hours requirements for advisers and applicators.
If your last name begins with A-L, you will typically renew on even-numbered years.
If your last name begins with M-Z, you will typically renew on odd-numbered years.
An expiration date is printed on your certificate/license card. The year of the expiration date is the year in which you will submit your renewal.
DPR sends out renewal applications each summer for the current renewal period. If you do not receive your renewal application please contact DPR's Licensing Department at 916-445-4038 or licensemail@cdpr.ca.gov.
You can also download the DPR renewal application here.
Hours earned at PAPA courses will be reflected on member accounts within 2 weeks of completion.
As of 2025 we can only track hours that our members earn at PAPA courses.
All CE sponsors are required to report their attendance to DPR, who are now tracking hours for everyone. For instructions on checking your hours on DPR's website, click on "Does PAPA send my hours to DPR for me? How do I report my hours to DPR for my renewal?" above. DPR typically posts hours with 2 weeks of course completion.
As of 2025 we can only track hours that our members earn at PAPA courses. We cannot add courses earned with other CE sponsors/companies to your report.
DPR is now tracking hours earned with all CE sponsors for everyone. For instructions on checking your hours on DPR's website, click on "Does PAPA send my hours to DPR for me? How do I report my hours to DPR for my renewal?" above.
If a PAPA course is missing from your record and it has been more than 2 weeks since you completed the course, please email info@papaseminars.com.
You may update your contact information when logged into your account in our website (sign in and then go to "Update Profile & Contact Details"). Email address changes must be made by a PAPA staff member. Please email info@papaseminars.com so that we can update it for you. Please remember to include your certificate/license number, if you have one.
All licensees, regardless of license type, must also send any change of address or contact information to DPR. PAPA cannot update your address with DPR for you. Click here for the DPR Address and/or Name Change/Replacement Card Form for individuals.
Our CE courses are designed to provide DPR-approved Continuing Education to licensed applicators. Our Test Prep courses are designed for those who are looking for a course to help them prepare to take the DPR QAC/QAL exam (we cover Laws & Regulations and categories A, B, C, and D.)
Email info@papaseminars.com for login assistance. We typically reply within 15 minutes during business hours.
Each email address can only be used to set up one account.
If you are registering yourself for a course or membership, sign into your account.If you do not already have an account, create one on the Sign Up page with your contact information.
If you are registering someone else, not yourself, for a course then you must sign in to their account. If they do not already have an account, create one on the Sign Up page with their name and contact information.
We can set up a Group Administrator account for you if you have multiple people that you are responsible for registering or if you'd like to be able to register other people for courses by signing into just one account. Please email info@papaseminars.com to create a Group Administrator account. Include the names, DPR license numbers (if applicable), and email addresses for each person you'd like to be able to register.
If you need assistance with our on-demand course website, www.papaseminarsondemand.com, please email ondemand@papaseminars.com. That website and the logins to access it are completely separate from the website you're on right now, www.papaseminars.com.
All PAPA CE courses are/will be approved for DPR CE.
PAPA webinars each offer 3.0 - 3.5 hours of CE. The number of laws vs. other hours varies, but we try to get at least 1.0 law hour per webinar.
PAPA seminars each offer 7.0 - 8.0 hours of CE. The number of laws vs. other hours varies, but we try to get at least 2.0 law hours per seminar.
PAPA Multi-Day Conferences each offer at least 16.0 hours of CE. The number of laws vs. other hours varies, but we try to get at least 3.0 law hours per Conference.
PAPA online courses, hosted on www.papaseminarsondemand.com, each offer 1.0 other hour of CE.
On our CE Courses page, click on "Agenda" next to a course to see the course's DPR approval status, breakdown of laws/other hours, date, time, location, and outline. Agendas will state either Requested or Approved. Requested means that we do not yet have final DPR approval of the breakdown of laws/other hours. As soon as approval is received, agendas are updated.
PAPA also applies for the following accreditations for our webinars and seminars: CCA, GCSAA, ISA, Vector/MVCAC. Please look at the course agendas to see if courses are approved for these accreditations.
Yes, we do! Please visit www.papaseminarsondemand.com to learn about our 1-hour on-demand online courses. Please be sure to follow all instructions for the 1-hour courses carefully in order to complete a course successfully without needing to repeat any steps. For help with on-demand courses please email ondemand@papaseminars.com or call 916-347-0367 (this number is only for on-demand course assistance).
