Louisiana CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

No single flat fee -- three different mechanisms exist depending on how long the certificate has been lapsed. LAC 46:XIX Sec1105.B sets a same-year reinstatement fee equal to twice the current renewal fee (~$240); La. R.S. 37:74.1 separately caps a formal reinstatement-application fee at $500 for a fully expired/inactive certificate; the board's own fee table also shows an escalating monthly delinquent-fee schedule ($200-$700). The board's page itself says 'Reinstatement applications -- (contact the office)' rather than publishing one number.

• 120 CPE hours 120 total CPE hours (not additive on top of the normal 80) completed within the 3 years preceding the reinstatement application, per LAC 46:XIX Sec1105.D -- confirmed on both the codified rule and the board's own page.
• 3 ethics hours, within that total.

Sourcing note: The reinstatement fee is genuinely unresolved: three different dollar figures/mechanisms exist across the board's own materials (twice the renewal fee, a $500 statutory cap, and a separate monthly delinquent schedule) and none reconciles cleanly with the others, so reinstatement_fee_usd is left null rather than picking one. The 3-hour ethics figure is currently sourced only from the board's own page, not independently confirmed in the codified rule text (checked Sec1301, Sec1303, Sec1319 -- none states an hour figure). Recommend a manual check with the board before citing a specific reinstatement dollar amount.