No. You may not begin accruing required CE hours for renewal of a FL license, until after your FL license has been issued. Additionally, the CE Broker system only credits courses taken between the licensure biennium dates, beginning with 03/01/of each odd year – 02/28/of each odd year). When you renew prior to the deadline renewal date, wait until after the deadline date, beginning on and after March 1st to begin taking CE for the next/current renewal period.