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Iowa Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE category requirements

How the conditional requirement breaks down by category for advanced registered nurse practitioner (arnp)s in Iowa, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Opioid prescribing CE — 2 hours if the ARNP prescribed opioids during the 3-year cycle (655 IAC 7.6(8)); counts toward the 36 hours
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36-hour figure and ARNP renewal instructions verified on the official Iowa DIAL renewal page. The conditional 2-hour opioid CE (655 IAC 7.6(8)) is the only ARNP-specific CE and is recorded as the NP-tier category. ARNP renewal is for the same 3-year period as the RN license. The 36 contact hours are a universal requirement to renew 'any license' -- not an ARNP-tier addition -- so the NP-tier totalHours is 0. ARNP renewal additionally requires documentation of current time-dated advanced-level national certification; a single-state out-of-state RN must hold an active Iowa RN license (compact multistate licensees need not). Mandatory child/dependent-adult abuse reporter training applies per Iowa Code based on practice population.

Official source: Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) - Nursing License Renewals

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