Kansas Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

• Licenses renew every 2 years (biennial); the APRN license renews on the same biennial cycle as the RN license.
• Expires the last day of the licensee's birth month, in odd or even years based on birth year.

• 30 contact hours of approved CNE per biennial renewal — all 30 must relate to the advanced practice registered nurse role; general RN-level CE does not count (K.A.R. 60-11-113(b)).
• The 30 APRN hours also satisfy the underlying RN license renewal (K.A.R. 60-11-113(h)).
• Exempt if renewing within 30 months of initial licensure by exam, or within 9 months of reinstatement or endorsement.

• No pharmacology-specific carve-out for renewal — the 2022 permanent regulations require 30 APRN-role CNE hours only (K.A.R. 60-11-113, Kansas Register Vol. 41 Issue 39).
• Pharmacology coursework is required only for initial APRN licensure/education (K.A.R. 60-11-103).
• Some CE vendors claim a 15-hour pharmacotherapeutics requirement, but this does not appear in the current regulation for renewal.

• No Kansas state-mandated controlled-substance or opioid CE for APRN license renewal.
• Only the federal one-time 8-hour DEA MATE Act training applies for DEA registrants.

• Kansas is a full-practice-authority state since 2022 — no physician protocol required; the regulatory overhaul did not add renewal pharmacology CE.
• Excess hours do not carry over.
• Kansas is an NLC compact state for the RN license, but the APRN license is Kansas-specific.

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