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Mandated CE in California, Illinois, Maryland, and Michigan. Free ANCC-accredited implicit-bias and cultural-competency CE; confirm a course meets your state's specific implicit-bias requirement before relying on it.
5 courses · Last reviewed June 29, 2026
Required CE in 4 jurisdictions
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Advocate Health
Free, ANCC-accredited 1-contact-hour implicit-bias awareness training for licensed healthcare professionals. A genuinely free national option for implicit-bias or cultural-competency CE; some states require 2 hours, so confirm the total against your state's requirement.
Free account required; the course page shows Cost: $0.00.
HHS Office of Minority Health (Think Cultural Health)
Free, federally funded ANCC-accredited cultural-competency CE (about 5 contact hours) for behavioral health professionals. General cultural-competency CE; confirm it meets your state's specific cultural-competency or implicit-bias requirement.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center (The Fenway Institute)
Free on-demand LGBTQ health learning modules (implicit bias, affirming communication, sexual- and gender-minority health) usable for the District of Columbia's LGBTQ cultural-competency CE requirement. Nurses are eligible for credit.
Free, but the exact contact-hour award per module is shown only after creating a free account; confirm hours meet DC's 2-hour LGBTQ requirement.
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Free cultural-competency CE (about 2 hours) offered through the Nevada State Board of Nursing's continuing-education resources, on the Board's own approved list.
Wild Iris Medical Education
Free ANCC-accredited implicit bias training that satisfies the recurring implicit-bias CE requirement in Illinois and Michigan, plus California's and Maryland's one-time implicit-bias requirements, and counts as general CE elsewhere.
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