NP · CRNA · CNM · CNS
Virginia APRN continuing education requirements
None identified for APRNs licensed on/after May 8, 2002 if current national certification is maintained
APRN, NP, CRNA and CNM requirements
Verified Sep 10, 2026
- Advanced practice CE
- None identified for APRNs licensed on/after May 8, 2002 if current national certification is maintained
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 8 pharmacology contact hours. 8 Pharmacology/Pharmacotherapeutics if prescriptive authority
- Who it applies to
- APRNs with prescriptive authority
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified as a separate requirement
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes, where applicable to prescriptive authority
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Virginia Board of Nursing
- Accepted providers
- Board-approved/recognized CE providers and qualifying national organizations
What the board publishes
Verified Sep 10, 2026
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- Multiple continuing-competency pathways; 30 CE is one
- LPN / LVN requirement
- Multiple continuing-competency pathways; 30 CE is one
- Mandatory topics
- One approved continued-competency pathway; no blanket mandatory CE topic for RN/LPN
- Required courses
- RN/LPN: One option is 30 contact hours of continuing education. Another option is 15 contact hours of CE + 640 active practice hours during the renewal period. Other Board-approved competency activities may also satisfy renewal. (Virginia Health Professions) Source: Virginia Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Virginia uses continued competency and allows several different ways to satisfy renewal. It is therefore incorrect to describe Virginia as requiring 30 CE hours in every case. The Board permits CE as one pathway and also recognizes practice, certification, academic education and other activities. (Virginia Health Professions)
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