North Carolina Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) CE requirements

Renewal: RN license renews biennially in the licensee's birth month.

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Details

North Carolina does not issue a separate APRN license to CRNAs; CRNAs practice under a North Carolina RN license with Board recognition and must maintain national (NBCRNA) recertification. RN renewal requires continuing competence via one of eight NCBON options (e.g., 30 CE contact hours, 15 CE hours plus 640 practice hours, or national certification/recertification); maintaining current NBCRNA certification satisfies the continuing-competence requirement, so no fixed CE-hour minimum applies to a CRNA who maintains certification. CRNAs have no prescriptive authority in North Carolina. Renewal is biennial and expires in the licensee's birth month. The separate 50-contact-hour rule (21 NCAC 36.0807) applies to nurse practitioners only, not CRNAs. Note on national certification: In addition to state renewal requirements, CRNAs must maintain national certification/recertification through the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). The NBCRNA mandates 60 Class A credits, 40 Class B credits, Core Modules, and 850 hours of clinical practice every 4 years to maintain certification. Contact NBCRNA for current recertification standards.

Official source: North Carolina Board of Nursing - CRNA (APRN-CRNA) requirements and RN/LPN Continuing Competence