Nursing CE Requirements by State

Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New York, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Some of these states have other renewal conditions, such as practice hours; see each state's page.

30 hours every two years is the most common requirement among the states we checked (17 states). Hours, cycles and accepted units differ, so use your own state's page.

22 of 50: Alabama (Board-provided course on nursing regulation, scope and standards of practice); California (Implicit bias); Connecticut (Screening for conditions such as PTSD, risk of suicide, depression and grief, Suicide prevention training); Delaware (Substance abuse, Recognizing and responding to abuse, exploitation, trafficking or domestic violence of vulnerable persons, or mandatory reporting obligations); District of Columbia (LGBTQ cultural competency, DC public health priorities); Florida (Prevention of medical errors, Florida laws and rules, Recognizing impairment in the workplace, Human trafficking, Domestic violence, HIV/AIDS); Illinois (Sexual harassment prevention, Implicit bias awareness, Cultural competency, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Mandated reporter training (child abuse and neglect)); Iowa (Child abuse identification and reporting (mandatory reporter training), Dependent adult abuse identification and reporting (mandatory reporter training)); Kentucky (Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, Suicide prevention, Domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, Pediatric abusive head trauma); Maryland (Implicit bias and structural racism); Massachusetts (Domestic and sexual violence (Chapter 260), Alzheimer's disease, dementia and cognitive impairment); Michigan (Pain and symptom management, Implicit bias, Human trafficking (identifying victims)); Nevada (Cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion, Bioterrorism (medical consequences of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction), HIV stigma, discrimination and unrecognized bias); New Jersey (Prescription opioid drugs, Explicit and implicit bias, Organ and tissue donation and recovery); Ohio (Category A: Ohio nursing law and rules); Oregon (Pain management (Oregon Pain Management Commission module), Cultural competency); Pennsylvania (Child abuse recognition and reporting, Organ and tissue donation and recovery process); Rhode Island (Substance abuse, Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment); Texas (Nursing jurisprudence and nursing ethics, Human trafficking prevention, Older adult or geriatric care, Forensic evidence collection); Utah (Suicide prevention); Washington (Health equity (including implicit bias), Suicide assessment, treatment and management, Telemedicine training); West Virginia (Safe prescribing and drug diversion).