The Delaware State Board of Accountancy has approved Delaware Tech, Owens Campus, as program sponsor for providing continuing professional education. Permit holders are required to complete at least forty (40) hours of acceptable Corporate and Community Programs credits in the immediate preceding twelve-month period or at least eighty (80) hours in the immediate preceding 24-month period. The dates of renewal are biannually every two (2) odd years on June 30. All accounting courses/seminars offered at Delaware Tech, Owens Campus must always be approved by the State of Maryland.

The State of Delaware Department of Insurance specifies an annual compliance for Delaware agents and brokers to fulfill the Corporate and Community Programs requirements by March 1 of each year. The number of continuing education units needed to maintain a license varies according to the number of years the person has held a license. Twenty (20) continuing education units annually are required for those holding a license for 2-5 years; Ten (10) continuing education units annually for those with over five (5) years. There are exemptions and compliances for nonresidents and individuals holding multiple licenses, which are implemented by the Commission as requested. Delaware Tech, Owens Campus, works with PIA, a professional association for insurance agents in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, to provide an educational resource, information center, and communications network to those agents in our surrounding area.

All legal courses/seminars offered at Delaware Tech, Owens Campus must go through the Sussex County Bar Association. They set the standards and get the instructors to teach these course/seminar(s). The course/seminar(s) are not advertised in our Course Schedule. A separate mailing goes out only to the legal community.

Programs for Professional Development Updates are developed in response to specific requests from potential clients, or by advisory committees. Working closely with local professionals and Department Chairperson, classes are offered in Early Childhood, and Machining which focus on the certification and professional development of the individual. Offerings are developed for approved continuing education credit in Land Surveyors (need 24 credits every two years on the odd year).