California Advanced Practice Registered Nurses CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
California Nurses and Psychiatric Technicians
In
support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to
provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
NetCE is an approved provider through the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP9784 and the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners, Provider #V10662 (LVNs) and Provider #V10842 (PTs).
Continuing Education Requirement
RNs, LVNs, APRNs and PTs are required 30 contact hours every two years.
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Advanced Practice licensees (PHN, NP, NPF, CNM etc.), with prescriptive authority must complete a course on Schedule II controlled substances as part of the 30 contact hours. Effective January 1, 2019, course must include the risks of addiction associated with the use of Schedule II controlled substances.
Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) must complete a course on Schedule II controlled substances including both risks of addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome associated with opioids.
For More Information
RNs and APRNs may contact the California Board of Registered Nursing at (916) 322-3350, or visit their website at http://www.rn.ca.gov/. LVNs may contact the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners at (916) 263-7800, or visit their website at http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/.
Additional information regarding your continuing education requirements may be found
at:
http://www.rn.ca.gov/licensees/ce-renewal.shtml - RNs and APRNs.
http://www.rn.ca.gov/practice/npa.shtml - Nursing Practice Act for RNs and
APRNs.
http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/licensees/renewal_application_form.shtml - LVNs and
PTs.
http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/pdf/vnregs.pdf - Vocational Nurse Practice Act for
LVNs and PTs.
