Michigan Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

• Licenses renew on a 2-year (biennial) cycle.

• 25 hours per 2-year cycle for the underlying RN license (R 338.10601); the NP specialty certification carries no separate hour quota.
• Obtaining or maintaining national NP specialty certification can be credited for the full 25 hours — including the 2 pain-management hours (R 338.10602(2)(c)).

• Michigan has no pharmacology-specific CE hour requirement for NP renewal (R 338.10601, R 338.10602).
• Pharmacology is simply listed as acceptable content within the pain-management CE topic.

• At least 2 of the 25 hours must cover pain and pain symptom management each renewal period (R 338.10601).
• Additional state requirements:
  • One-time opioids/controlled-substances awareness training for Michigan controlled substance licensees
  • Implicit bias training: 1 hour per year of the license cycle — 2 hours per biennial renewal (R 338.7004)
  • One-time human trafficking training
• DEA registrants: one-time 8-hour federal DEA MATE Act training.

• Some CE-vendor sites claim Michigan NPs need '30 hours including 15 pharmacology' — that figure is not in the Michigan administrative rules and appears to be an error (possibly confusing initial specialty-certification qualifications).
• A certified PMHNP who maintains ANCC certification satisfies the entire 25-hour requirement, but must still complete implicit bias training separately.

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