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).
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Continuing Education Requirement
RNs: Required 30 contact hours every two year licensing period.
LVNs and PTs: Required 30 contact hours every two year licensing period.
APRNs: Holders of an advanced practice license or certificate (PHN, NP, NPF, etc.), are not required additional contact hours beyond the 30 hours required for renewal of the RN license. Licensees with prescriptive authority must complete, as part of the 30 contact hours, a course on Schedule II controlled substances. Effective January 1, 2019, course must include the risks of addiction associated with the use of Schedule II controlled substances. For CNMs, the course must include both the risks of addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome associated with the use of 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.
