I hold licenses in Virginia, and in two other states that already have a continuing education requirement.

Georgia requires 16 Professional Development Hours (PDH) every two years.  It is not difficult to comply, serves no purpose, and requires a few hours every two years to compile a list of the items that meet the requirements.  Essentially everything qualifies, and I have learned nothing that I would not otherwise have learned on my own, in order to meet these requirements.

Florida's requirement is much more stringent and includes a mandatory attendance at one of the Board's 8-hour, quarterly meetings.  Or, you can pay a number of approved providers to send you a CD to watch of a Board meeting, and take a test documenting that you caught all of the minutae (Did Mr. So-and-so agree or disagree with the Board's charges in the case of The Board versus the Scapegoat?  Who cares, and it doesn't matter, but it meets the requirement).  It usually costs $200-300, takes a day to complete, and meets 1/2 of the bi-annual CE requirement.

Nothing has done more to dispel any respect that I might have had for Florida's Board of Professional Regulation, than watching this circus, particularly the Board's legal counsel who seems to actually run the show.

Only CE providers pre-approved by Florida's Board can receive a number that qualifies their class as meeting the requirements -- nothing else qualifies.  As you might guess, the classes are rather expensive.  One class on soil mechanics was interesting and useful.  The rest has been useless boilerplate -- pay the fee, show up, sign in, sign out -- you get the CEU's.  Pointless except for the educators who are, I assume, making money.

If you must have one, make it harmless and inoffensive, like Georgia's.  In the end these programs don't do anything to protect the public, or increase the proficiency of engineers, in my experience.