Are continuing education hours required for initial licensure?

Yes. Initial APRN with prescriptive Authority must have 30 hours of pharmacology specific CE in the past 3 years.  Only certificates which itemize pharmacology CE will be accepted.  If the applicant recently graduated from an education program, the pharmacology courses apply to the required CE.  UpToDate activity certificates do not meet the requirement for Pharmacology specific CE for Prescriptive Authority.

Applicants applying for APRN licensure without prescriptive authority do not require CE if RN licensure is current.