STATE BY STATE REQUIREMENT GUIDE
STATE
HOURS ALLOWED BY HOMESTUDY
TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED
0
Indiana
0 LPNs and RNs – For active licenses at the time of renewal, no CE is required. 2-year renewal period. IF license has lapsed 3+ years and not currently licensed in another jurisdiction, requirements for renewal include: ● Refresher course including a clinical component and; ● 24 contact hours of CE. For more information visit the Indiana Board of Nursing website. 36 LPNs and RNs are required to complete 36 contact hours of CE every 3-year renewal period. ● Every 5 years the renewal requires 2 contact hours of CE for Identification and Reporting of Child/Dependent Adult Abuse (must be a state-approved course). For more information visit the Iowa Board of Nursing website. 30 LPNs, RNs, and APRNs are required to complete 30 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal pe- riod. For more information visit the Kansas Board of Nursing website. 14 LPNs, RNs, and APRNs are required to complete 14 contact hours of CE annually. Contact hours must include: ● Domestic Violence – 3 contact hours; 1-time requirement. ● Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma – 1.5 contact hours; 1-time requirement. For more information visit the Kentucky Board of Nursing website.
30
Iowa
30
Kansas
14
Kentucky
Up to 15
Louisiana
5/10/ or 15
LPNs - No CE requirements at this time. Annual renewal period. RNs and APRNs are required to complete CE contact hours every annual renewal period based on employment: ● Full-time employment - 5 contact hours every annual renewal period. ● Part-time employment - 10 contact hours every annual renewal period.
● Unemployed - 15 contact hours every annual renewal period. For more information visit the Louisiana Board of Nursing website. 0 LPNs and RNs - No CE requirements at this time. 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the Maine Board of Nursing website. 0 LPNs and RNs - No CE requirements at this time. 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the Maryland Board of Nursing website.
0
Maine
0
Maryland
15
Massachusetts
15 LPNs and RNs are required to complete 15 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. CE contact hours are not required for 1st renewal period. For more information visit the Massachusetts Board of Nursing website. 25 LPNs, RNs, and APRNs are required to complete 25 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. Contact hours must include: ● Pain and Symptom Management – 2 contact hours every 2-year renewal period. Per the State Board of Nursing, the following is a 1-time REQUIRED COURSE, but CAN NOT count toward total required CE contact hours: ● Human Trafficking. For more information visit the Michigan Board of Nursing website. 24/12 LPNs are required to complete 12 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. RNs are required to complete 24 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the Minnesota Board of Nursing website. 0/10 ● LPNs - Beginning January 1, 2018 and every two years thereafter, LPNs must complete 20 con - tact hours. (30 Mississippi Administrative Code, Part 2815, Chapter 1.4). ● RNs - Beginning January 1, 2018 and every two years thereafter, RNs must complete 20 contact
25
Michigan
RNs-24 / LPNs-12
Minnesota
RNs-0 / LPNs-10
Mississippi
hours. (30 Mississippi Administrative Code, Part 2815, Chapter 1.5). For more information visit the Mississippi Board of Nursing website. 0 LPNs and RNs - No CE requirements at this time. 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the Missouri Board of Nursing website.
0
Missouri
24
Montana
24 LPNs, RNs, and APRNs are required to complete 24 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal pe- riod. For more information visit the Montana Board of Nursing website. 20 LPNs are required to complete 20 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. Contact hours must include: ● IV Therapy (didactic only) – 8 contact hours every renewal period. RNs are required to complete 20 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the Nebraska Board of Nursing website. 30 LPNs and RNs are required to complete 30 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. Licenses issued within 2 years are not required to complete CE contact hours for 1st time renewal. Contact hours must include: ● Bioterrorism: Responding to Acts of Terrorism – 4 contact hours; 1-time requirement. For more information visit the Nevada Board of Nursing website. 30 LPNs and RNs are required to complete 30 contact hours of CE every 2-year renewal period. For more information visit the New Hampshire Board of Nursing website.
20
Nebraska
30
Nevada
30
New Hampshire
NOTE: CE Rules can change. Always check your state board for the most up-to-date information.
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