Section Nur 403.01 - Continuing Education Requirements for LPN, RN, and APRN(a) Each applicant for licensure by endorsement, renewal or reinstatement for an RN or LPN license shall complete at least 30 contact hours of workshops, conferences, lectures or in-service educational offerings that are designed to enhance nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills. Current national certification may be used to fulfill such continuing education requirement.(b) Educational courses offering content in the following shall fulfill the requirements of (a) above: (1) Nursing art and science;(2) Nursing education, practice, or research;(3) Research in health care;(4) Biological, physical, or behavioral sciences;(5) Management, administration or supervision of health-care delivery;(6) Teaching or learning principles;(7) Ethical or legal aspects of health-care;(8) Content offered in basic nursing educational programs appropriate to the licensure category; or(9) Health-care trends, issues or policies.(c) One or more of the following educational activities shall fulfill the requirements of (a) above: (1) Authorship of a published professional nursing article or book;(2) Preparation and initial delivery of a professional nursing paper;(3) Preparation and initial participation on a professional nursing panel;(4) Participation in quality assessment or risk management studies;(5) Nursing or nursing-related grant-writing or research; or(6) Completion of 2 or more credits in a school, college, or university that enhances nursing knowledge, judgment and skills.(d) Each APRN applicant for APRN license renewal or reinstatement shall complete at least 30 contact hours of continuing education in addition to the continuing education requirements to renew or reinstate a RN license within the 2 years immediately preceding date of application. At least 20 of the 30 hours shall be specific to the specialty practice area, and 5 hours shall be education in pharmacology appropriate to the specialty practice area.N.H. Admin. Code § Nur 403.01
#6778, eff 6-26-98; ss by #7741, eff 8-13-02; ss by #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.