Section Nur 401.03 - Specific Renewal Requirements for APRN(a) In addition to meeting the requirements of Nur 401.01, each applicant for renewal or reinstatement of an APRN license shall:(1) Document at least 30 educational contact hours to satisfy the requirements of RN continuing competence and an additional 30 hours, 5 of which shall be education in pharmacology within 2 years immediately prior to date of application;(2) Document current national certification if licensed after September 1984;(3) If holding lifetime certification, document continuing participation in the certification process; and(4) Verify current licensure as an RN in NH or another compact state.(b) The national certification required by (a)(3) above may be counted as 30 of the 60 contact hours required by (a)(2) above.(c) Failure to provide all the requested information shall cause the application to be refused.(d) APRN applicants for license renewal unable to comply with (a)(1) above shall complete a board approved reentry program as described in Nur 401.05.(e) Pursuant to RSA 126-A:5 (a), XVIII-a and RSA 326-B:9-a, licensees may complete and submit, as part of their renewal application, the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Service's "New Hampshire APRN Licensure Survey" issued by the State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, Department of Health and Human Services.(g) Licensees choosing to opt-out of the survey shall submit a completed NH Department of Health and Human Services form, "New Hampshire Health Professions Survey Opt-Out Form" pursuant to HB 322, Laws of 2017, Ch. 131, to the State Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, Department of Health and Human Services, via one of the following as specified on the form:(h) Information contained in the opt-out forms shall be kept confidential in the same accord with the survey form results, pursuant to RSA 126-A:5 (c), XVIII-a.N.H. Admin. Code § Nur 401.03
#8873, eff 4-24-07; ss by #10299, eff 3-22-13; ss by #10571, eff 4-17-14
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 45, Filed November 12, 2015, Proposed by #10953, Effective 10/22/2015, Expires 10/22/2025.Amended by Volume XLII Number 14, Filed April 7, 2022, Proposed by #13347, Effective 2/28/2022, Expires 8/27/2022 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Nur 400) (EMERGENCY).Amended by Number 32, Filed August 10, 2023, Proposed by #13706, Effective 9/27/2023, Expires 9/27/2033.