South Dakota Nursing (RN) CE requirements

Renewal: Licenses expire on the licensee's birth date (renewal is biennial).

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Details

Verified 2026-09-22: ARSD 20:48:03:09 (Renewal of license), hosted on the official rules site rules.sd.gov under Article 20:48 NURSES (rule text cross-checked via LII mirror) - renewal requires the prescribed fee plus 'evidence of employment status according to provisions of SDCL 36-9-1 and 36-9-45'; the rule contains no CE-hour requirement. Continued competence is employment-based: the Board's renewal process requires verification of at least 140 hours of nursing practice in any 12-month period or 480 hours accumulated over the preceding six years; a nurse unable to verify must complete a Board-approved refresher course (80-hour self-study theoretical portion plus 80 hours of supervised clinical practice). These thresholds are stated consistently across rncareers.org, nurse.com, nursinglicensure.org, vivian.com, nursingschools.com, and acls.net, and no contradictory official figure was found. No CE hours are mandated for RN/LPN renewal (ARSD 20:48:03:09; nursingcenter.com, elitelearning.com).

Official source: South Dakota Board of Nursing; ARSD 20:48:03:09 (Renewal of license)