Licensure, Renewal, Continuing Education, and Disciplinary Process of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
Renewal mechanics
Licensees renew through IPLA's online system on the Board's biennial cycle, attest to continuing education, and pay the required fee. Late renewal adds requirements or forces reinstatement, and practicing on an expired license is unlicensed practice, not a paperwork slip.
Continuing education
CE must be Board-approved and documented with certificates that show provider, title, date, hours, and content. The Board's rule controls the total hours and any required ethics or jurisprudence allocation. Out-of-state or vendor "approved" hours do not automatically qualify; keep records for the audit period.
Disciplinary process
A complaint goes to IPLA/Board review, then investigation, then either settlement or an administrative complaint. The Board may hold a hearing and impose reprimand, probation, suspension, revocation, civil penalties, or CE conditions. Summary suspension is available when immediate danger to the public is shown.
Worked example
A licensee completes 20 hours of weekend seminars but no ethics hours, then attests to full CE. Reasoning: hours count only if Board-approved, and a missing required allocation makes the attestation inaccurate. The remedy is to complete approved ethics before renewal or seek Board guidance; checking the box and hoping for no audit is a discipline risk.
Traps
Assuming a CE vendor's approval equals Indiana Board approval; ignoring audit notices; practicing while on probation; treating a criminal acquittal as ending the administrative case.