Maine Advanced Practice Registered Nurses CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Maine Nurses
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.
The Maine State Board of Nursing accepts courses from any provider who is ANCC accredited.
Continuing Education Requirement
RNs and LPNs: No continuing education required at this time.
APRNs: Required 75 contact hours every two year licensing period, in nursing, medicine, or allied health in the area of practice. Licensees with prescriptive authority are required 3 hours of Category I education on the prescribing of opioid medication.*
*NetCE courses are considered Category I.
For More Information
Please contact the Maine State Board of Nursing at (207) 287-1133, or visit their website at http://www.maine.gov/boardofnursing/.
Additional information regarding your continuing education requirements may be found
at:
http://www.maine.gov/boardofnursing/docs/Chapter_8.pdf - APRNs.
http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec2210.pdf - APRNs with
opioid prescriptive authority.
