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Illinois Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE requirements

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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80CE hours every 2 yearsVerify with board

Renewal: APRN licenses expire May 31 of even-numbered years.

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Required categories

Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: diagnosis, treatment, and care — 1 hour, required beginning with the 2024 renewal for APRNs/FPA-APRNs with direct patient interaction with adults 26 years or older (counts toward the 80 hours)
1h
CE programs (minimum of the 80 hours)
50h
Implicit bias awareness training
1h
Opioid prescribing or substance-use-disorder education (within the pharmacotherapeutics hours)
10h
Pharmacotherapeutics in the APRN specialty
20h
Safe opioid prescribing practices — 3 hours to renew an Illinois Controlled Substances Registration, in effect for all CSR renewals in 2020 and after (counts toward the 80 hours; CSR holders only)
3h
Sexual harassment prevention training
1h

Details

Reporting
Attestation on the IDFPR license renewal; retain CE certificates for board audit.

Core figures (80 total, 50 in CE programs, 20 pharmacotherapeutics including 10 opioid/SUD) from 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.130. The official IDFPR APRN CE FAQ (loaded and verified during review) confirms: 1-hour sexual-harassment prevention training; 1-hour implicit-bias awareness training; a 1-hour Alzheimer's/dementia course (diagnosis, treatment, and care) beginning with the 2024 renewal for APRNs/FPA-APRNs with direct patient interaction with adults 26 years of age or older — it counts toward the 80 hours; and 3 hours of safe opioid prescribing practices CE to renew an Illinois Controlled Substances Registration, in effect for all CSR renewals in 2020 and after — it counts toward the 80 hours. The FAQ also confirms the first-renewal exemption, the multiple-license rule (80 hours total across multiple APRN licenses), and that the 80 APRN hours satisfy Illinois RN CE renewal (no separate RN CE). UNCONFIRMED: secondary summaries also report a periodic 1-hour cultural-competency requirement — not confirmed in the official IDFPR text available. Maintenance of national certification is required for renewal. Applies to APRN and FPA-APRN (Full Practice Authority APRN) licenses.

Official source: Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Administrative Code (68 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.130)

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