21 NCAC 32M .0107. CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE)

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In order to maintain nurse practitioner approval to practice, the nurse practitioner shall earn 50 contact hours of continuing education each year beginning with the first renewal after initial approval to practice has been granted. At least 20 hours of the required 50 hours must be those hours for which approval has been granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), other national credentialing bodies or practice relevant courses in an institution of higher learning. Documentation shall be maintained by the nurse practitioner and made available upon request to either Board.

History Note: Authority G.S. 90-8.1; 90-8.2; 90-18(14); 90-171.23(14);

Eff. January 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2004; May 1, 1999;

Recodified from Rule .0106 Eff. August 1, 2004;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2009; April 1, 2008.

                    
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