Oklahoma Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

Renewal cycle

2 years (biennial)

Total CE hours

No single flat CE total for APRNs: APRN licensure renewal requires maintaining current national certification in role/population focus; the underlying RN license is renewed via one of several 'continued qualifications for practice' options (e.g., CE hours, national certification, practice hours) per Board guidelines. The operative recurring hour requirements for NPs are the prescriptive-authority CE below.

Pharmacology CE

15 contact hours (or 1 academic credit hour) in pharmacotherapeutics, clinical application and use of pharmacological agents every 2 years for APRN-CNP/CNM/CNS with (supervised) prescriptive authority [59 O.S. §567.4a(4); Board Form RS-24]. For the new INDEPENDENT prescriptive authority (HB 2298, effective 11/1/2025): 40 hours of Category I CME (any topic) every 2 years instead. CRNAs: 8 hours advanced pharmacology related to anesthesia.

Controlled-substance CE

2 hours of education in pain management OR 2 hours in opioid use/addiction every 2 years, required for prescriptive authority renewal (both supervised and independent) unless the APRN demonstrates to the Board that they do not hold a federal DEA registration.

Good to know

Verified from Board Form #RS-24 (revised 10/29/25). Key recent change: HB 2298 (eff. Nov 1, 2025) created independent prescriptive authority with a different CE track (40 hrs Category I CME + 2 hrs pain/opioid) vs. the supervised track (15 hrs pharmacotherapeutics + 2 hrs pain/opioid). ACLS/PALS/CPR do not count toward prescriptive-authority CE. Oklahoma is an NLC (compact) state for RN licensure, but APRN recognition is state-specific. Applies equally to PMHNPs; pharm hours must be applicable to specialty/population served and prescriber-level.

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