State |
Terms (years) |
Continuing Education Requirements (Number of contact hours) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNs | APNs | |||
| Alabama | 2 | 24 | ||
| Alaska | 2 | Registered and practical nurse licensees must complete two of the following methods for maintaining continuing competency (Article 6 of 12 AAC).
In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640. |
National Certification | |
| Arizona | 4 | None | National Certification | |
| Arkansas | 2 | Active LPNs, RNs and APNs must complete the continuing education requirement by one of these methods:
In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640. |
National certification; The APN is required to have a Certificate of Prescriptive Authority issued by the Board of Nursing in order
to prescribe. Prescribing is limited to the APN’s scope of practice which is defined by the APN’s national certification. To obtain the certificate, the APN must complete an advanced pharmacology course with a preceptorship, work as an APN for a defined period and have a collaborative practice agreement with a physician For each renewal, advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority must complete an additional five contact hours of pharmacotheraputics related to their specialty certification. |
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| California | 2 | 30 hours of continuing education for license renewal. The continuing education course(s) must be taken through a continuing education provider recognized by the Board of Registered Nursing. | Continuing education is not required (over the 30 hours required for RN renewal) for renewal of advanced practice certificates. The board accepts ANCC accredited activities and AMA PRA Category 1â„¢ activities. | |
| Colorado | 2 | None | National Certification | |
| Connecticut | 2 | None | National Certification | |
| Delaware | 2 | 30 contact hours (RNs) / 24 contact hours (LPNs) Plus
and have practiced nursing at least 1000 hours in the past 5 years or 400 hours in the past 2 years |
IF national certification for your specialty is available, THEN you must be certified and meet 1 of these requirements:
IF national certificate is unavailable, THEN you must meet 1 of these requirements:
In addition, APNs who have prescriptive authority must attest to completing 10 hours of continuing education (CE) in pharmacology /pharmacotherapeutics in the past 2 years. |
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| District of Columbia | 2 | The completion of 24 contact hours of continuing education in the licensee’s current area of practice is required. | The completion of 24 contact hours of continuing education is required. Fifteen of the 24 contact hours must include a pharmacology component. Nine of the 24 contact hours must be relevant to the practice of your APRN specialty.
A licensee with multiple APRN specialties may satisfy the continuing education requirements for multiple specialties by completing continuing education toward each specialty license. In other words, a course that counts toward more than one specialty license can fulfill multiple license requirements at the same time. |
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| Florida | 2 | 24 hours of appropriate continuing education every 2 years, including a one-time, 1 hour on HIV/AIDS CE requirement to be completed prior to the first renewal, 2 hours on Prevention of Medical Errors, 2 hours of Domestic Violence from a | National Certification | |
| Georgia | 2 | None | National Certification | |
| Hawaii | 2 | None | National Certification | |
| Idaho | 2 | None | National Certification | |
| Illinois | 2 | RNs and LPNs are required to complete 20 contact hours every 2 years. | 50 contact hours
An APN holding more than 1 APN license is required to complete 50 contact hours total per license renewal period. |
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