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South Dakota Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

South Dakota Board of Nursing (CNP licensure is joint under SDCL 36-9A with the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners)

Last reviewed July 2026 · verify current rules with the board before relying on them

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Renewal cycle

2 years
  • CNP licenses renew every 2 years (biennial).
  • Your CNP license expiration is tied to your South Dakota RN license renewal period (ARSD 20:62:02:05).

Total CE hours

None
  • No CE contact-hour requirement for CNP renewal — South Dakota also has no CE requirement for RN renewal.
  • To renew, you need two things (ARSD 20:62:02:06):
    • An unencumbered South Dakota RN license or privilege
    • Evidence of current national certification in your role and population focus

Pharmacology CE

None
  • No state pharmacology-specific CE requirement.
  • The state defers entirely to national certification maintenance — for example, ANCC PMHNP-BC recertification includes its own pharmacotherapeutics requirements, but that is the certifier's rule, not South Dakota's.

Controlled-substance CE

None
  • No state opioid or controlled-substance CE requirement for APRN license renewal.
  • The federal one-time 8-hour DEA MATE Act training still applies if you hold a DEA registration.

Good to know

  • CNPs licensed before June 26, 1996 are exempt from the certification-evidence requirement.
  • The 1,040 practice-hours rule sometimes cited for South Dakota relates to removing the collaborative-agreement requirement (full practice authority), not to renewal CE.
  • South Dakota is a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state for the RN license underlying the CNP license.

Official sources

sdlegislature.gov sdlegislature.gov doh.sd.gov

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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