ACE Acupuncture Continuing Education FAQ’s
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Acupuncture Continuing Education FAQ
Getting started is simple – once you purchase a course, an account will be created for you so you can sign in, take your course, and receive your certificates. All courses are completed online – there is no emailing back and forth for courses or waiting for certificates. Once you pass the quiz, your certificate will be immediately accessible.
Here are the steps to get started:
Add a course or package to your Cart and go to the Check-out page.
Complete all the required fields. You will use your E-mail Address to sign in, & your password can be whatever you like. Please make a note of the password you enter.
Place your order.
You will then be re-directed to the My Courses page, where your newly purchased courses will be.
Read the material. Take the quiz and complete a short survey. Submit your answers.
ACE will report your PDAs to the NCCAOM on the same or next business day that you complete the course, at which point you will receive your certificate via email.
Get started by clicking here → Acupuncture CEU Courses Online, or by clicking the Acupuncture CEU tab at the top of the page, where you will find a list of boards/states to choose from along with their associated acupuncture CEU requirements.
Many of the courses we offer are distance learning reading material, followed by a quiz you will need to complete to receive your certificate. We also offer a few courses that are in video format. The format of the course will be identified on the product page for you to see before you add the course to your cart.
Both course formats include a short quiz. Once you pass the quiz, your certificate will be immediately accessible to you in your ACE Account. We also offer LIVE CEU Webinars from time-to-time. To become notified of future Live CEU Webinars, please contact us to subscribe to the ACE newsletter.
ACE will report your CEUs/PDAs to the NCCAOM on the same or next business day that you complete the course. Once your PDAs are reported, you will receive an email from the NCCAOM which contains access to your official NCCAOM certificate copy.
Save the official copy for your records: Please print and/or save the official copy to your computer as an image or PDF file, and retain this copy for 4 years from the date of completion of the course.
If you have any technical issues with accessing a CPR certificate or official NCCAOM Certificate copy for a course you completed, please email us so we can assist you.
If you have any questions about your acupuncture CEUs/PDAs courses, feel free to reach out to us and we will do our best to find an answer to your question, or point you in the right direction. If you have specific questions regarding the current status of your license or regarding a lapsed license, we recommend contacting your state licensing board or organization directly.
We recommend that you actively check your state board website for current PDA/CEU requirements and to stay up to date on renewal deadlines.
We do not submit any certificates on behalf of licensed acupuncturists to State Boards via e-mail or regular e-mail – this is the responsibility of the licensee. If you have questions about submitting your renewal certificates and how to do so, please contact your board directly.
*However, If you have completed CEUs for Florida, we will report the CEU credits you have completed to CE Broker automatically upon completion of a course.
Effective August 10, 2022, your certificates of completion will be sent to you via email within 1-3 business days or sooner.
If your state acupuncture board requires certificates of completion to be submitted to them for acupuncture license renewal, please use the official NCCAOM certificate copy. Official NCCAOM certificate copies are sent via email within 1-3 business days or sooner after you complete the course. The subject line of this email will say, “Congratulations!…”
If you are having trouble finding your official NCCAOM certificate copy, please contact us for assistance.
Yes, ACE will report the PDAs you complete to the NCCAOM. Once reported, you will receive an automatic email from the NCCAOM with your official NCCAOM certificate copy. The subject line of this email will say “Congratulations!..” Please retain a copy of this certificate for your records for 4 years from the date of completion of the course.
ACE Reports PDAs to the NCCAOM on the same or next business day. If you complete your course on a weekday (Monday-Friday) your PDAs will usually be reported on the same or next business day. If you complete your course on Saturday or Sunday, your PDAs will be reported on the following Monday.
Once the PDAs are reported, the PDAs should reflect within your NCCAOM Portal. You will also receive an automatic email from the NCCAOM with your official NCCAOM certificate copy. Please save copies of the certificates you received in your inbox for your records.
No. While ACE participates in the new online NCCAOM certificate distribution system, the NCCAOM has informed us that
Once you pass the course your credits will be reported automatically in the next 15 business days or sooner. Please make sure that your Florida License number is included in your ACE account so we can report your CE to CE Broker. If you need assistance adding your license number, please contact us at acucontinuingeducation@gmail.com.
NCCAOM 1208. California Board 1304. Florida Board 50-19152.
ACE Account FAQ
To access the courses you purchased, you must be signed in to your ACE account. Click the Login button at the top right hand corner of the page, and LOGIN using your FULL email address and the password that you created on the check out page when you first bought the courses.
After you sign in, click the My Courses tab at the top right corner of the page.
On the next page you will be able to see your Registered Courses. The course titles will appear as links below the header ‘Registered Courses’. Click any link below to start your course.
On the next page, you will see the text “Lessons” in a grey box. Beneath the grey box, click on the course title link to begin your lesson.
After you have finished your lesson, please go to the bottom of the page where you will find links to access a required quiz and survey. Please note that the survey is not graded.
Effective August 10, 2022, your certificates of completion will be sent to you via email within 1-3 business days or sooner.
NCCAOM Diplomats: Effective May 1, 2020, Diplomates do not need an NCCAOM certificate from the ACE website for NCCAOM recertification, or to send these certificates to the NCCAOM. ACE will report these PDAs to the NCCAOM so that you may receive certificates through NCCAOM’s new online system. ACE reports PDAs to the NCCAOM on the same or next business day. Once we report your PDAs, you will receive an official NCCAOM certificate copy to your email address. The subject line of this email will say, “Congratulations!…” and provide you with access to your official NCCAOM Certificate.
California Licensees: Effective August 10, 2022, our certificate will be sent to you via email within 1-3 business days of having completed the course. The subject line of the email with your certificate will say, “Congratulations!…” Your certificate copy for CA Board approved courses will contain ACE’s CA provider, #1304. If you have completed courses prior to 8/10/2022, and have signed into your ACE account to access certificate copies from previously finished courses, please contact us at AcuContinuingEducation@gmail.com to receive your certificate copies.
ACE recommends completing all courses in advance of your licensing deadlines. For the majority of ACE courses, there is no deadline to complete your course. In other words, any ACE course or package you purchase does not expire, and is available for you to complete at your leisure.
Due to California Acupuncture Board continuing education policy changes, courses approved by the California Acupuncture Board will now have an expiration date. Expiration dates for CA are specified on our California Acupuncture CEU page, so you know the deadline by which you need to complete your course.
Yes, course material is accessible to you through your ACE account after you complete your course.
If you receive a failing score on the quiz, you are able to view your correct/incorrect answer marks and revisit the material if needed.
You will have multiple attempts to achieve a passing score on your quiz, and there is no extra cost to retake your quiz.
A minimum of 10 quiz questions will be contained within your quiz.
You will have multiple attempts to achieve a passing score on your quiz, and there is no extra cost to retake your quiz.
Your account Login credentials will be your FULL email address, and the password you created on the check out page when you first purchased the course.
If you do not remember your password, you can re-set it by Clicking Here
Please be sure to check your junk and spam folders for the password re-set link if you do not see it in your inbox. It may take anywhere from 1-5 minutes for the password re-set link to go through.
If you need to make a change to the name or license number that appears on the account, please email us on the Contact Us page for assistance.
Please be sure to check your junk and spam folders for the password re-set link if you do not see it in your inbox. It may take anywhere from 1-5 minutes for the password re-set link to go through.
Depending on the email address you have, the automatic password reset email may take longer than usual to send, this typically occurs with Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo email addresses.
If you did not receive your password reset email, please contact us at acucontinuingeducation@gmail.com for a new password.
To print the course reading material, you can use your computer’s File > Print function or “Command” P function, depending on what device you have. Just make sure you have the printer set to Print All Pages.
Yes. When you are ready to complete the quiz, just make sure to answer each question in full and submit your answers to receive the certificate. For the best possible experience, we recommend using Google Chrome and a desktop or laptop computer.
Course Purchases FAQ
If you purchased a course that you already completed and received a certificate for, please contact us at AcuContinuingEducation@gmail.com and we will load a new course into your account of equal CEU/PDA value.
Course content is instantly available to the Course Participant after purchase, so therefore course fees are non-refundable. If you intended to purchase a specific course and there was a mistake in your order, please let us know and we will exchange the course for you.
No refunds will be granted after certificates of course completion have been given to the participant, and PDAs have been reported to the NCCAOM, for an online course or a live webinar.