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Expiring in 2028

69,951 active credentials — 12.6% of the register — run out during 2028.

Why they do not all fall on the same day

Washington renews on the holder’s birthday, not on a common date, so these 69,951 expiries are spread across all twelve months of 2028. That is convenient for the Department and inconvenient for everyone else: there is no single deadline to remember, and no annual notice in the press to remind you.

Continuing-education hours are recorded as due for 38,024 of them (54.4%), and those hours have to be finished before the renewal rather than after it.

This site is not the Department, and nothing here extends a date. To renew, go through the Department’s own portal — what this page gives you is the shape of the year, and your own date if you look your credential up.

Which professions renew in 2028

ProfessionActive credentialsShare
Physician And Surgeon License11,02115.8%
Medical Assistant Certification7,94611.4%
Pharmacist License6,8289.8%
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License6,4179.2%
Pharmacy Technician Certification5,3467.6%
Medical Assistant Phlebotomist Certification4,9567.1%
Emergency Medical Technician Certification4,8967.0%
Pharmacy Assistant License3,1964.6%
Radiologic Technologist Certification2,9974.3%
Physician Assistant License2,1603.1%
Medical Assistant Registration1,9872.8%
Occupational Therapist License1,5682.2%
EMS Evaluator1,2301.8%
Certified Behavior Technician1,1671.7%
Physician and Surgeon License Interstate Medical Licensure Compact1,1541.6%
Respiratory Care Practitioner License1,1061.6%
Paramedic Certification1,0531.5%
Licensed Behavior Analyst5500.8%
X-Ray Technician Registration5330.8%
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Anesthetist License5170.7%
Medical Assistant Hemodialysis Technician Certification4730.7%
Occupational Therapy Assistant License3990.6%
Physical Therapy Compact Privilege3580.5%
Pharmacist Intern Registration3440.5%
Birth Doula Certification2590.4%
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Midwife License2420.3%
Dentist Moderate Sedation with Parenteral Agents Permit1230.2%
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Certification1190.2%
Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist Certification1190.2%
Dentist Moderate Sedation Permit1040.1%
Certified Peer Support Specialist1010.1%
Physician and Surgeon Clinical Experience License850.1%
Dentist Pediatric Sedation Endorsement830.1%
Dentist General Anesthesia Permit770.1%
Physical Therapy Assistant Compact Privilege750.1%
Licensed Assistant Behavior Analyst710.1%
Senior EMS Instructor Recognition560.1%
Emergency Medical Responder Certification520.1%
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Clinical Specialist License410.1%
Nursing Assistant Certification240.0%

Do not let the date pass

69,951 credentials expire during 2028. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

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