Wyoming Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

• APRN licenses renew every 2 years, in even-numbered years.
• The renewal window runs October 1 through December 31 (e.g., October–December 2026).

• No fixed general CE-hour count for nationally certified APRNs — renewal is based on maintaining current national certification in your role and population focus (your certifying body's CE/recertification requirements apply).
• Legacy APRNs recognized before January 1, 1999 without national certification must instead show 60 CE hours plus 400 practice hours per 2 years.

• No 15-hour pharmacotherapeutics CE requirement exists in current Wyoming State Board of Nursing rules — the 15-hour figure cited by some vendors reflects superseded rules.
• Current Chapter 2 (continuing competency, Section 13) requires only:
  • Current national certification in role/population focus (or, for pre-1999 non-certified legacy APRNs, 60 CE hours + 400 practice hours per 2 years)
  • For APRNs with prescriptive authority: 3 hours of CE on responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance use disorders
• Prescriptive-authority applicants must show completion of advanced pharmacology coursework, but there is no recurring 15-hour pharmacotherapeutics renewal requirement.

• 3 hours of CE per renewal cycle on responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance use disorders, required of APRNs holding prescriptive authority.
• The federal one-time 8-hour DEA MATE Act training applies if you hold a DEA registration.

• Wyoming has joined the APRN Compact framework.
• CE certificates must be uploaded via the nurse portal at renewal.

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