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Texas Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE category requirements

How the 20 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for advanced practice registered nurse (aprn)s in Texas, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

20 contact hours appropriate to the advanced practice role and population focus area per 2-year renewal period; achieving/maintaining/renewing an approved national certification is an accepted alternative, and the 20-hour route also satisfies the RN continuing-competency requirement
20h
2 hours annually in pain management/controlled substances for opioid prescriptive-authority agreements (4 per biennium) (conditional)
2h
5 additional pharmacotherapeutics contact hours for prescriptive-authority holders (conditional)
5h

The 20-hour APRN route is not additional to the RN requirement — it satisfies both. One-time requirements (prescription-monitoring-program training; role-specific targeted CE for certain first renewals) are not recurring biennial obligations. The earlier 1-hour annual pain-management requirement expired August 31, 2023 and is excluded. Nurses providing direct patient care must complete the approved human-trafficking training. CE is subject to audit; records must be maintained.

Official source: Texas Board of Nursing — 22 TAC §216.3 (Continuing Competency); §217.1 (renewal-period definitions), via Cornell LII

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