May 31, midnight. Your RT renewal, punched.
Every Florida respiratory therapist license, RRT and CRT, expires on the same night: midnight Eastern, May 31, 2027. Punch in your 24 CE hours, make sure they reached CE Broker, put the date on your calendar, and renew. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
Your Florida RT license
Statewide date: Florida RT renewals are due May 31, 2027, midnight ET. source
The next date, 2 years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the Board renewal page.
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How to renew
- Finish the hours. 20 general, 2 medical errors and 2 Florida laws and rules. A first renewal adds 3 hours of HIV/AIDS inside the 24 (only 7 hours in all if you were licensed in the second half of the cycle). Find courses on CE Broker for RRT or CRT.
- Other ways to earn hours, per the board: up to 8 for attending a board meeting (2 of them for laws and rules), ACLS, PALS or neonatal resuscitation certification or an NBRC credential this cycle (up to 16), and those recertification classes (up to 8). BLS doesn't count.
- Check CE Broker. Every hour has to show on your CE Broker transcript before the department renews you.
- Check your fingerprints. A renewal needs background screening or retained fingerprints. Check yours in CHAI; if retention runs out in the next 60 days, pay it there.
- Renew online at Florida Health Source (Renew A License), then Renew My License in the MQA Services Portal. It shows up no later than 90 days before expiration, by early March 2027.
- Pay $95 before midnight Eastern on May 31, 2027, then check the state license lookup after 7 to 10 business days.
| Fee (board renewal page) | Active to active |
|---|---|
| Renew on time | $95 |
| After it expires (delinquent) | $185 |
| After the 120-day delinquency notice | $310 |
| Fingerprint retention, if due this cycle | $43.25 |
Inactive to active is $145 on time; retiring the license is a one-time $55. All fees: the board's renewal page.
If you miss midnight
- On June 1, 2027 an unrenewed license goes delinquent. Board: "Failure to renew an active or inactive license by the expiration date will result in the license being placed in delinquent status."
- Renewing then costs $185, or $310 after the 120-day notice, and you meet the CE for the cycles you missed.
- If it is still not renewed by the end of the next cycle (May 31, 2029), it is null and void and can't be reactivated; you apply again.
Where every number comes from
- Date, CE table, first renewal, other ways to earn hours, CE Broker, fingerprints, fees, delinquent and null and void: Board of Respiratory Care: respiratory therapist renewal
- 24 hours each biennium, BLS excluded, 5-hour risk management cap, HIV/AIDS inside the 24: Rule 64B32-6.001 (Cornell LII)
- Screening or fingerprint retention at renewal: FL Health Source: background screening
Checked November 7, 2026.
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