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Tennessee Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE requirements

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

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Conditionalno flat hour count — see required categoriesVerify with board

Renewal: The due date for renewal is the last day of the month in which the licensee's birth date falls (Rule 1000-01-.03(1)); the APRN certificate renews biennially with the underlying Tennessee RN license.

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Required categories

2 contact hours on controlled-substance prescribing, including Tennessee treatment guidelines, for Certificate of Fitness (prescriptive authority) holders (conditional)
2h
Obtain/maintain national specialty certification during the biennium (required for APRN renewal)
0h

Details

The APRN meets the same continued-competence requirements as the RN and must obtain/maintain national specialty certification during each biennium. Tennessee imposes no separate fixed APRN CE-hour total; the only quantified APRN-specific requirement is the conditional 2-hour controlled-substance prescribing requirement for Certificate of Fitness (prescriptive authority) holders, which must include Tennessee treatment guidelines (Board CE guidance, verified on the official tn.gov preproduction mirror: https://preprod.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/healthprofboards/nursing/continuing-education/Continuing%20Ed%20Tennessee%20Chronic%20Pain%20Guidelines.pdf).

Official source: Tennessee Board of Nursing — Rule 1000-01 (renewal), via TN Secretary of State; Board CE guidance on controlled-substance prescribing

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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