Kansas PMHNP Continuing Education Requirements

Total

Limits on how the hours are earned

Teaching

max 15 hrs

Cycle and record rules

Renewal

The renewal cycle is biennial, and your license renews at the end of your birth month.

Renewal fee

The board renewal fee is $85 every 2 years.

New licensees

No continuing nursing education is required at the first renewal of a Kansas RN license obtained by examination, because K.S.A. 65-1117(a) excepts "the first renewal for a license that expires within thirty months following licensure examination" and every first license by examination expires inside that window (K.A.R. 60-3-108(b)); the Board CNE page says the same. The hours are waived outright, not deferred to a longer first period. A license obtained by endorsement or reinstatement is exempt only if it "expires within the first nine months following licensure by reinstatement or endorsement"; an endorsement licensee whose first Kansas expiration is more than nine months out owes the 30 hours and should disregard this waiver. The APRN license has no first-renewal exemption (K.S.A. 65-1132(a); K.A.R. 60-11-113(b)): the 30 APRN-role hours are owed from the first APRN renewal and, under 60-11-113(h), also satisfy the RN renewal.

Approved providers

Hours must be "approved continuing nursing education": "An offering presented by an approved provider or national organization whose focus is patient safety and improving nursing practice, including the following: American academy of nurse practitioners, American association of critical-care nurses, American midwifery certification board, American nurses association, American nurses credentialing center, emergency nurses association, national board of certification and recertification for nurse anesthetists, and pediatric nursing certification board" (K.A.R. 60-9-106(c)(1)); offerings of Kansas-approved long-term (LT#) and single-offering (SP#) providers under K.S.A. 65-1119 and K.A.R. 60-9-107; providers approved by other state boards of nursing; independent study and distance learning (60-9-106(c)(6)-(7)); ACLS, PALS, ENPC, TNCC, NRP and Mandt courses (c)(5), with renewals of those certifications capped at 15 hours per period (60-9-106(e)); and nursing-board or state-board service, up to six hours and no more than three a year (c)(9). Anything else, including college courses and continuing medical education, needs an individual offering approval (IOA) "before the individual submits the license renewal application" (60-11-113(d); 60-9-106(c)(3)). Not recognized: "Identical offerings completed within a renewal period", basic-preparation content, "in-service education, on-the-job training, orientation, and institution-specific courses", incomplete or general-education college courses, "offerings less than 30 minutes in length" and a refresher course taken for renewal (60-9-106(f)). Hours count only between "the first date of the licensing period and the date that the licensee submits the renewal application" and never carry over (60-9-106(b); 60-11-113(b)).

Recordkeeping

Keep CE documentation for 2 years after each renewal.

Board audit

The board may audit licensees to verify CE compliance.

Late renewal

A late renewal adds a late fee.

To keep your proof in order, see what to keep for a CE audit, which covers every state’s retention period and what the audit notice asks for.