General hours should be: 18 hours - clinically related 10 hours - non-clinical “Clinically Related” is defined as providing the licensee with information, techniques procedures, or protocols that can be applied in the direct assessment, treatment, diagnosis or counseling of patients First Time Renewal: Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists renewing a license for the first time and were initially licensed within six months or less before the end of the biennial cycle are exempt from CE requirements.