CE Requirements · Nurse Practitioners
CE Requirements by State for Nurse Practitioners
A state-by-state reference for U.S. nurse practitioners: contact hours, pharmacology hours, mandatory topics, prescriptive authority rules, and APRN Compact status sourced from each state board of nursing. National certification (ANCC, AANPCB, etc.) is separate from state licensure — this directory covers state CE requirements only. Pick your state to see the full breakdown.
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All states
- Alabama24 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Alaska30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- ArizonaNo state requirement—
- Arkansas15 hoursBiennial · every two years
- California30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- ColoradoNo state requirement—
- Connecticut50 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Delaware30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- District of Columbia24 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Florida26 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Georgia30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Hawaii30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- IdahoNo state requirement—
- Illinois80 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Indiana30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Iowa36 hoursTriennial · every three years
- Kansas30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Kentucky5 hoursAnnual · every year
- Louisiana6 hoursAnnual · every year
- Maine50 hoursBiennial · every two years
- MarylandNo state requirement—
- Massachusetts15 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Michigan25 hoursBiennial · every two years
- MinnesotaNo state requirement—
- Mississippi40 hoursBiennial · every two years
- MissouriNo state requirement—
- MontanaNo state requirement—
- NebraskaNo state requirement—
- Nevada45 hoursBiennial · every two years
- New Hampshire60 hoursBiennial · every two years
- New Jersey30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- New MexicoNo state requirement—
- New York4 hoursTriennial · every three years
- North Carolina50 hoursBiennial · every two years
- North DakotaNo state requirement—
- Ohio24 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Oklahoma15 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Oregon45 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Pennsylvania30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Rhode Island10 hoursBiennial · every two years
- South Carolina20 hoursBiennial · every two years
- South DakotaNo state requirement—
- Tennessee2 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Texas20 hoursBiennial · every two years
- UtahNo state requirement—
- VermontNo state requirement—
- Virginia8 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Washington30 hoursBiennial · every two years
- West Virginia24 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Wisconsin16 hoursBiennial · every two years
- Wyoming3 hoursBiennial · every two years