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Michigan APRN continuing education requirements
25 hours
APRN, NP, CRNA and CNM requirements
Verified Sep 10, 2026
- Advanced practice CE
- 25 hours
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology requirement
- Who it applies to
- APRNs / specialty licensees
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes, where controlled-substance prescribing applies
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes, applicable controlled-substance/prescribing requirements should be addressed separately
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Michigan Board of Nursing / LARA
- Accepted providers
- CE must satisfy Michigan nursing continuing-education rules
What the board publishes
Verified Sep 10, 2026
- Renewal period
- RN: Every 2 years. LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 25/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 25/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- 2 hrs implicit bias; 2 hrs pain/pain symptom management; human trafficking one-time
- Required courses
- RN: 25 CE hours, including 2 hours implicit bias and 2 hours pain and pain-symptom management; human trafficking training is a one-time requirement. LPN: 15 CE hours, including the same 2-hour implicit-bias and 2-hour pain-management requirements; human trafficking is one-time. Source: Michigan LARA / Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- RN and LPN CE totals are different. Mandatory subject requirements must be completed within the applicable renewal period. Human-trafficking training is a one-time requirement for licensees subject to it.
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