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Every CE requirement verified against official state nursing board sources. How RenewRN verifies the data →
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When a state board changes a CE requirement, a mandatory topic, a fee, or a deadline pattern, it lands here within a few days of the board publishing it. Authenticated users with a license in that state also get an email the same day.
The NP Modernization Act provision letting NPs with more than 3,600 practice hours work without a written collaborative agreement expires July 1, 2026. The extension bill (S2360) was still in committee as of June 11, 2026. If the sunset passes unaddressed, all New York NPs revert to written collaborative agreements with a physician. NPs practicing without an agreement should have a contingency plan ready.
Effective July 1, 2026 · Source
SB 2996, signed March 30, 2026, eliminates the joint-protocol requirement for APNs with more than 5,000 hours of licensed advanced practice in qualifying population foci who provide primary or behavioral health care. It takes effect the first day of the fourth month after enactment. Aesthetic and cosmetic services are excluded, and APNs below the threshold keep the joint-protocol requirement.
Effective July 1, 2026 · Source
2025 Act 17 lets APRNs with 3,840 RN practice hours plus 3,840 APRN practice hours (each over at least 24 months) practice independently, ends the collaborative-relationship requirement for them, and makes malpractice coverage mandatory. Invasive pain-management techniques keep a collaboration requirement with a pain-management physician. Board rulemaking is in progress.
Effective September 1, 2026 · Source
Since November 1, 2025, APRN-CNPs, CNSs, and CNMs with 6,240 hours of physician-supervised prescriptive practice can apply to prescribe without a supervising physician. The application costs $85, requires malpractice coverage of at least $1 million per occurrence, and the authority renews with the APRN license.
Effective November 1, 2025 · Source
Senate Bill 912 (89th Legislature) adds Occupations Code §112.103: for renewals on or after September 1, 2026, Texas nurses must upload their CE completion certificates before the license can renew — replacing the attest-now, random-audit-later model. Uploads happen inside the Board's own free Texas Nurse Portal; despite a widely shared claim, the BON is NOT selecting a third-party tracking platform for nurses, and there's no extra account or subscription. The CE requirements themselves (20 contact hours per 2-year cycle) did not change, and prior cycles aren't retroactively affected — but start saving certificates as you earn them now.
Effective September 1, 2026 · Source
Connecticut joined the Nurse Licensure Compact effective October 1, 2025. Eligible Connecticut nurses can now hold a multistate license to practice across all compact states. Endorsement and primary-state-of-residence (PSOR) change processes are still transitional, so allow extra processing time.
Effective October 1, 2025 · Source
Under Florida HB 975, the background-screening provisions for licensed health care practitioners took effect July 1, 2025. Nurses must complete a Level 2 background check (fingerprints to FDLE and the FBI) — new applicants up front, and existing licensees at their next renewal, with re-screening tied to renewal. This is separate from CE; don't bundle the two.
Effective July 1, 2025 · Source
Pennsylvania, which enacted NLC legislation in 2021, implemented the compact effective July 7, 2025. Eligible Pennsylvania nurses can now obtain a multistate license. Endorsement workflows remain transitional, so expect extra processing time for compact applications.
Effective July 7, 2025 · Source
Effective March 2025, the mandatory human trafficking prevention course Texas RNs and LVNs complete each renewal must come from a provider approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). A generic trafficking course no longer satisfies the requirement — confirm the provider is on the HHSC-approved list.
Effective March 1, 2025 · Source
New York Social Services Law § 413 was amended to require an updated curriculum for the mandatory Child Abuse Identification & Reporting CE. NYSED rescinded approval for courses that didn't update. Every New York-licensed RN and NP must complete a course built on the new framework by November 17, 2026. LPNs are not on NYSED's covered-professions list for this training. Completions from before April 2025 require the full 2-hour retake; completions on or after April 2025 may qualify for a short NYSED-approved addendum instead.
Effective November 17, 2026 · Source
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