I am not opposed to a live CE requirement.  However, 5 hours could be time prohibitive to many practitioners.  Most live programs are only available during business hours and practitioners can not take off time to attend. Night shift practitioners may not be able to schedule or attend live CE. The other option is to give up their family/free time to attend, which many times, are costly programs (eg; travel, hotel, the live program, meals, etc).

If live CE is to be required, the requirement should not exceed 2 hours per renewal year.