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24 contact hours every 2 years.
Specifics
Required for first renewal: 4 contact hours of Alabama Board-provided continuing education related to Board functions, the Nurse Practice Act, regulations, professional conduct, and accountability.
Contact hours required depend on recent work experience
Specifics
Must complete 2 of the following:
30 contact hoursNo continuing education required.
15 contact hours every 2 years
30 contact hours every two years.
Specifics
No Continuing Education Provider Number is required.
Specifically, we received the following from a Nursing Education Consultant, CA Board of Registered Nursing, after reviewing the certificate we provide: "Since the course is offered out of state & approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Board of Registered Nursing will accept this certificate." No CE provider number is required.
No continuing education required.
No continuing education required.
24 contact hours every 2 years.
Specifics
24 hours in current area of practice for RN.
30 contact hours every 2 years. Does not accept our credits
Florida's requirements for providers rule out even accredited approvers by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Every 2 years, 5 different options - See State Board website.
When continuing education is required, our contact hours are recognized by one of the national credentialing bodies cited as compliant by The Georgia Board of Nursing, the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Certification (ANCC).
Per Hawaii's Board of Nursing's CONTINUING COMPETENCY
GUIDANCE and INFORMATION BOOKLET For NURSES, EMPLOYERS AND FACILITIES, 5 different options to fulfill 30 hours every two years.
Specifics
Must fulfill using one type of learning activity. That is, "may NOT complete a combination of more than one (1) learning activity, (i.e. if you choose the continuing education learning activity, you must complete at least thirty (30) hours of continuing education) and not 15 hours of continuing education and 15 hours of another learning activity."
When continuing education is elected, our contact hours are recognized by one of the national credentialing bodies cited as compliant by The Georgia Board of Nursing, the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Certification (ANCC).
No continuing education required.
20 contact hours every two years.
No CE Required for when license has not expired.
If license expired more than 3 years but less than 10 years ago and not licensed in another jurisdiction, then 24 hours are requred for renewal of RN license.
If CE hours must be obtained, 6 hours must be related to the following subject areas: documentation, pharmacology, and legal/ethics.
36 contact hours every 3 years. 24 hours for the first renewal after initial Iowa licensure by examination, initial Iowa licensure by endorsement from another state, or reactivation from an inactive status.
Specifics
RNs who regularly examine, attend, counsel or treat dependent adults or children must complete 2 contact hours of training related to child/dependent adult abuse.
RNs who regularly examine, attend, counsel or treat dependent adults or children in Iowa: 2 hours every 5 years related to the identification and reporting of child/dependent adult abuse.
30 contact hours every 2 years.
14 contact hours every year or other approved, equivalent activity.
Specifics
3 hours related to domestic violence (one-time requirement), and 1.5 hours on pediatric abusive head trauma (one-time requirement); 5 hours related to pharmacology for APRN; for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) credentialed nurses, 5 contact hours of approved sexual assault CE each licensure period (forensic medicine or domestic violence CE will meet this requirement).
5 hours if employed full-time; 10 hours if employed part-time; 15 hours if unemployed or employed less than part-time.
Specifics
Every year: 5 contact hours with 1600 practice hours, OR 10 contact hours with 160 practice hours, OR 15 contact hours.
No continuing education required.
No continuing education like The Final Transition is required, but an approved refresher course is needed.
15 contact hours every 2 years.
25 contact hours every 2 years including 1 hour on pain and symptom management.
24 contact hours every 2 years.
No continuing education required.
No continuing education required.
24 contact hours every 2 years.
20 contact hours every 2 years.
30 hours every two years. Must include the state-required bioterrorism course.
30 contact hours every 2 years.
30 contact hours every 2 years.
30 contact hours every 2 years.
Contact hours from The Final Transition do not help meet requirements, which are: 3 contact hours infection control every 4 years; 2 contact hours child abuse (one time requirement for initial license).
One of the following every two years: 15 contact hours and 640 hours of active practice, OR National certification or re-certification, OR 30 contact hours, OR completion of refresher course. Completion 2 semester hours of post-licensure academic education, OR 15 contact hours plus various other nursing-related activities.
12 hours. 6 hours if first license in North Dakota by endorsement from another state in the renewal year.
24 contact hours every 2 years.
None in most instances.
No ongoing requirements. Only requirements are one-time pain management-related training.
30 contact hours every two years.
10 contact hours every 2 years including 2 hours of substance abuse.
In most cases, none required.
30 contact hours every 2 years. May also show proof of competence by maintenance of certification by a national certifying body, completion of an academic program, or employer certification.
No continuing education required.
In most cases, no continuing education required.
20 contact hours every 2 years. Several mandatory CE requirements such as Nursing Jurisprudence, Ethics, Geriatric Care, and Forensic Collection.
The Final Transition can be used to meet the requirement for two contact hours related the older adult or geriatric care every licensure renewal cycle (must include information about elder abuse, age related memory changes and disease processes, including chronic conditions, and end of life issues.
One of the following every 2 years: 30 contact hours, OR 200 practice hours and 15 contact hours, OR 400 practice hours.
No CE Required - Active Practice requirement
15 contact hours and 640 practice hours or 30 contact hours.
531 practice hours and 45 contact hours every three years.
12 hours every year.
Specifics
2 contact hours related to mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans and 1 contact hour related to drug diversion and safe prescribing practices.
No CE Required - Active Practice requirement
20 contact hours for RN and LPN, or no CE requirement if worked 500 hours in the past 2 years or 1600 hours in the past 5 years, passed NCLEX withing the last 5 years, national certification in specialty area in last 5 years, or completion of a refresher/orientation program in the last 5 years.
