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Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE category requirements

How the 30 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for certified registered nurse practitioner (crnp)s in Pennsylvania, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Advanced pharmacology — conditional: CRNPs with prescriptive authority; within the 2 years preceding renewal
16h
Child abuse recognition and reporting
2h
Pain management / identification of addiction / opioid prescribing or dispensing — conditional: CRNPs with prescriptive authority (ABC-MAP/Act 124); counted within the 30 total
2h

30 hours of Board-approved CRNP continuing education every 2 years in the specialty area (49 Pa. Code 21.331), including 2 hours of Act 31 child-abuse recognition/reporting training. CRNPs with prescriptive authority: at least 16 hours of Board-approved pharmacology in the 2 years preceding renewal and 2 hours of ABC-MAP opioid education counted in the 30 total, per Board renewal materials and the pa.gov opioid-education notice. Caveat: a July 2025 final rulemaking (16A-5146, opioid prescription/education and organ donation) revised related provisions; re-verify the 16-hour pharmacology language against the current PA Code before relying on it. The Board renewal page was unreachable at pacodeandbulletin.gov (HTTP 429); official dos.pa.gov and pa.gov sources were used instead.

Official source: Pennsylvania Department of State, State Board of Nursing

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