326-B:31 Continuing Education. –
Applicants for license renewal and license reinstatement shall complete continuing education as follows:
I. An LNA shall complete 12 hours of continuing education in programs approved by the board each year, provided that licensees who hold a certificate of medication administration shall complete at least 4 hours of those 12 hours in medication administration.
II. An LPN or an RN shall complete 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years.
III. An APRN, in addition to the continuing education requirements to renew or reinstate a license as an RN, shall complete 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years, 20 hours of which shall be specific to the specialty for which renewal or reinstatement is sought, and 5 hours of which shall be training in pharmacology appropriate to the specialty for which license renewal or reinstatement is sought.
IV. A CALMA shall complete 8 hours of continuing education relative to medication administration in programs approved by the board every 2 years.
Source. 2005, 293:1. 2009, 54:4, eff. July 21, 2009. 2024, 327:110, eff. July 1, 2024; 344:5, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.