Oregon Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements
Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN)
Last reviewed July 2026 · verify current rules with the board before relying on them
Build your Oregon renewal checklist →Renewal cycle
2 years- Licenses renew every 2 years (biennial).
Total CE hours
Varies- NP renewal requires one of two pathways (OAR 851-050-0138 / 851-050-0142).
- Attestation of active national certification (meeting its CE requirements), OR
- 45 structured contact hours of CE in the 2 years prior to renewal
- Transition in progress: as of 1/1/2026 practice hours are eliminated; as of 1/1/2028 current national certification will fulfill the practice-related CE requirement for NPs/CRNAs.
Pharmacology CE
Varies- On the 45-hour pathway, 15 of the 45 CE hours must be pharmacotherapeutic content at the NP level, congruent with the NP's specialty role.
- Applies when the NP is not relying on active national certification: 15 of the 45 structured CE hours must be pharmacotherapeutic content at the NP level (OAR 851-050-0138/0142). (Practice-hour requirements were eliminated effective 1/1/2026, so the former practice-deficiency pharmacology-course pathway no longer applies.)
- NPs renewing via current national certification have no separate state pharmacology hour count.
Controlled-substance CE
1 hour / 36 months- All LPN/RN/APRN renewal applicants: 1 hour of pain management education (Oregon Pain Management Commission module) within the previous 36 months.
- Also 2 hours of cultural competency education every 48 months.
- No separate opioid-prescribing hour mandate tied to DEA registration.
Good to know
- Oregon is mid-transition to a new competency framework.
- 2026: pain management + cultural competency requirements
- 2028: 20 hrs for RN/LPN; national certification suffices for NP/CRNA; 75 hrs / 5 yrs for CNS
- The 45-hour / 15-pharmacology rule (OAR 851-050-0138 / 0142) remains the fallback for NPs without national certification.
- PMHNPs certified by ANCC typically satisfy CE via certification.
- Oregon licenses NPs (title 'Nurse Practitioner') via OSBN; prescriptive authority is included in NP licensure.
Official sources
This guide is informational and not legal or licensing advice. National certification (e.g. ANCC PMHNP-BC: 75 CE hours per 5 years including 25 pharmacotherapeutics hours) and the one-time 8-hour DEA MATE Act training may apply in addition to state requirements.
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