Free renewal reminders
Free BBS license renewal reminders for California
Free email reminders before your license or registration expires, and one more if it lapses. Enter your credential number and SparkHours keeps track of it for you. No account needed.
For California LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, AMFT, APCC, and ASW credentials.
Sign up
Tell us which credential to watch.
We use California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) updates, then email you a confirmation link. Reminders start after you click it.
Not sure what you need to renew? Read our BBS license renewal guide.
The schedule
Four reminders. None you have to set up.
Each email shows the expiration date the DCA registry holds and links to BreEZe, where you renew online.
90 days before expiration
Your renewal window opens.45 days before expiration
Time to finish continuing education.14 days before expiration
A final reminder before the date.After expiration
If your credential expires, you get one more email so you can renew.
What to expect
Updates from the DCA
SparkHours stays in sync with the registry. If the registry shows a new expiration date, your reminders follow it.
Licenses and associate registrations
LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP, AMFT, APCC, and ASW.
Confirm once, unsubscribe any time
Nothing is sent until you click the confirmation link. Every reminder has an unsubscribe link.
Free, with no account
There's nothing to buy and no SparkHours account to create.
For supervisors
Share SparkHours with your associates
You don't need a SparkHours account. Share it with associates who track hours toward licensure, then sign their weekly logs from the email we send you.
Common questions
One less date to remember.
Free. No account. Every reminder has an unsubscribe link.