LICENSEE: I took a CE class that had different numbers and was told by the NRED I could not receive credit for it because it was the same class I had already taken during my current license renewal period. I thought if the CE numbers were different it was a different class. Can you explain this?

Vandana:: Don’t feel bad. This is a widely held and common CE myth. Yet, it’s untrue. To determine whether a CE class is the same class look to the first four numbers! For example, my course Red Flags & the Duty to Investigate was issued CE.4339001-RE by the NRED. However, I licensed Larry Perna of Bridge Home Inspections to sponsor the same exact class. The NRED subsequently issued his course sponsorship a different CE number – CE.4339002-RE. Notice the first four numbers! It’s the same exact class!