Alabama State Nurses’ Association

360 North Hull Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3658

(334) 262-8321FAX (334) 262-8578
E-mail: alabamasna@mindspring.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/al

• 24 Hours/2 years
• accept CA CE credits
• SBON, SNA

2 of the 3 required for license renewal:

• 15 contact hours
• 15 hours of professional nursing activity
• 320 hours of nursing employment
• accepts CA CE credits
• SBON, SNA

American Samoa

• None
• SBON

1850 E. Southern Ave, Suite #1
Tempe, Arizona 85282

(480) 831-0404
FAX (480) 839-4780
E-mail: lynnazna@aol.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/az

• None
• SNA

804 N. University
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

(501) 664-5853
FAX (501) 664-5859
E-mail: arna@prodigy.net
www.arna.org

• None

• 30 every 2 years
• SBON

1221 S. Clarkson Street Suite 205

Denver, Colorado 80201

(303) 757-7483

FAX (303) 757-8833

E-mail: cna@nurses-co.org
www.nurses-co.org/cna/

• None

Meritech Business Park

377 Research Parkway, Suite 2D

Meriden, Connecticut 06450

(203) 238-1207

FAX (203) 238-3437

E-mail: ct_nurses_assoc@compuserve.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/ct

Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
Division of Health Systems Regulation
410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 12HSR
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0328

(860) 509-7624
Fax: (860) 509-7553

• None

2644 Capitol Trail, Suite 330
Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 368-2333
FAX (302) 366-1775
E-mail: delnurse@erols.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/de/

• Nurses not actively employed in the past 5 years must have completed a refresher program within the past 2 years, 400 hours of practice in the past 2 years, or 1,000 hours in the past 5 years;
• 30 contact hours every 2 years for RN; 24 for LPN
• SBON, other

5100 Wisconsin Ave, N.W. Suite 306
Washington, D.C. 20016

(202) 244-2705
FAX (202) 362-8285
E-mail: dcna1@cs.com

• Applicants for reinstatement of a license must submit 12 contact hours for each year after 6/30/90 that applicant was not licensed, up to maximum of 24 contact hours
• Accepts CA CE requirements
• SBON

P.O. Box 536985
Orlando, Florida 32853-6985

(407) 896-3261
FAX (407) 896-9042
E-mail: theflnurse@aol.com
www.floridanurse.org

• 25 contact hours biennially, including 1 hour each of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence
• APRNs may earn up to 50% of CE requirements as CME credit
• Accepts CA CE requirements
• SBON

Georgia Nurses Association

Marcia Noble,
MN, RN
Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

1362 West Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(404) 876-4624
FAX (404) 876-4621
E-mail: gna@mindspring.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/ga

Georgia Board of Nursing
237 Coliseum Drive
Macon, Georgia 31217-3858

(478) 207-1640
(478) 207-1660 FAX
(404) 657-0775
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ebd-rn/

• SBON, SNA

P.O. Box CG
Hagatna, Guam 96932

Tel/Fax (671) 477-6877
E-mail: guamnurs@ite.net

• None
• SBON, SNA

677 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 301
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

(808) 531-1628
FAX (808) 524-2760
E-mail: nancy@hawaiinurses.org
www.hawaiinurses.org

Hawaii Board of Nursing Professional
and Vocational Licensing Division
P.O. Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801

(808) 586-3000
Fax: (808) 586-2689
MO@hawaiinurses.org

200 North 4th Street, Suite 20
Boise, Idaho 83702-6001

(208) 345-0500
FAX (208) 385-0166
E-mail: idanurse@rmci.net
www.nursingworld.org/snas/id

• None
• SNA

300 South Wacker, Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60606

(312) 360-2300
FAX (312) 360-9380
E-mail: info@illinoisnurses.com
www.nursingworld.org/snas/il

• None
• SBON

• None
• Other

• All RNs and LPNs 45 contact hours every 3 years
• Only accepts CEUs from IA approved providers
• SBON

1208 S.W. Tyler
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1735

(785) 233-8638
FAX (785) 233-5222

E-mail: troberts@echo.sound.net
www.nursingworld.org/snas/ks

• 30 contact hours every 2 years with 15 hours in independent study
• accepts CA CE requirements
• SBON

Kentucky
Nurses Association

Anne Powell,
MS, BSN, RN
Executive
Director

1400 South First Street
P.O. Box 2616
Louisville, Kentucky 40201

(502) 637-2546/2547
FAX (502) 637-8236
E-mail: kentucky.nurses@prodigy.net
www.kentucky-nurses.org

• 30 contact hours every
  2 years
• 2 hours of the 30 must be AIDS CE approved by the KY Cabinet of Health Services
• 3 hours of domestic violence within 3 years of licensure
• for ARPNs none beyond RN requirement
• SBON, SNA

Louisiana
State Nurses Association

Tawna Pounders, MNSc, RN
Executive
Director

5700 Florida Blvd., Suite 720
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806

(225) 201-0993
(800) 457-6378

FAX (225) 201-0971
E-mail: lsna@lsna.org

www.lsna.org

• All RNs must have 5, 10, or 15 contact hours every year based on employment
• Accepts CA CE credit

SBON, SNA, Other

P.O. Box 2240
295 Water Street
Augusta, Maine 04338-2240

• None

Maryland Nurses Association

Kathryn V. Hall, MS, RN, CNAA
Executive
Director

 

849 International Drive
Airport Square 21, Ste. 255

Linthicum, Maryland 21090

(410) 859-3000

FAX (410) 859-3001
E-mail:
marylandnursesassociation@erols.com

www.nursingworld.org/snas/md

• None

• 15 contact hours every 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits

All 15 via home stduy

Michigan Nurses Association

Tom Renkes,
MS, RN
Executive
Director

2310 Jolly Oak Road
Okemos, Michigan 48864-4599

(517) 349-5640
FAX (517) 349-5818
E-mail: tom.renkes@minurses.org www.minurses.org

25 hours every 2 years

accepts CA CE credit



SBON, SNA

• RNs 24 contact hours
• LPNs 12 contact hours every 2 years
• Accepts CA CE Credits
• SBON, SNA, Other

All 12 and all 24 via home study

Mississippi Nurses Association

Betty R. Dickson
Executive
Director

• NPs 40 hours every 2 years

Missouri Nurses Association

Belinda Heimericks, MSN,RN
Executive
Director

1904 Bubba Lane,
P.O. Box 105228
Jefferson City, Missouri 65110

Missouri State Board of Nursing
3605 Missouri Boulevard
P. O. Box 656
Jefferson City, MO 65102

(573) 751-0681
Fax : (573) 751-0075
Visit Site

• None

Montana Nurses Association

Executive Director

104 Broadway, Suite G-2
Helena, Montana 59601

• None

Nebraska Nurses Association

Mary Scherling, MSN, RN, CDDN
Executive Director

715 South 14th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508

• 500 hours of practice within preceding 5 years, plus 20 contact hours within preceding 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits
• SNA (only 50% required to be approved)

10 of the 20 via home study

Nevada Nurses Association

Richard Schlegel,
BA
Executive Director

P.O. Box 530399
Henderson, Nevada 89053-0399

Nevada State Board of Nursing
4330 S. Valley View, Suite 106
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103

• 30 every 2 years
• NPs and CRNAs additional 15 contact hours
• Accepts CA CE credits
• SBON

All 30 via home study

New Hampshire Nurses Association

Elaine Hoyt,
MS, RN
Executive Director

48 West Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-3595

(603) 225-3783
FAX (603) 228-6672
E-mail: nh_nurses@compuserve.com

• Actice in practice, 900 hours using nursing knowledge, judgement and skills within 4 years imediately prior to application for renewal, endorsement and reinstatement
• 30 every 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits

New Jersey State Nurses Association

Andrea Aughenbaugh, RN, CS, CAE
Chief Executive Officer

1479 Pennington Road
Trenton, New Jersey 08618-2661

(609) 883-5335 ext. 10
FAX (609) 883-5343
E-mail: andrea@njsna.orgwww.njsna.org

• None

New Mexico Nurses Association

Executive
Director

P.O. Box 80300
Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87198

(505) 268-7744
FAX (505) 268-7711
E-mail: nmna@aol.comwww.nursingworld.org/snas/nm

New Mexico Board of Nursing 4206 Louisiana Boulevard, NE # A Albuquerque, NM 87109

(505) 841-8340
Fax: (505) 841-8347

• 30 every 2 years
• NPs 50 contact hours which includes 15 hours minimum in pharmacology every 2 years
• Accepts CA CE credits
• SNA, Other

All 30 via home study

New York State Nurses Association

Martha L. Orr, MN, RN, CAE
Executive Director

11 Cornell Road
Latham, New York 12110

(518) 782-9400
FAX (518) 782-9530
E-mail: martha.orr@nysna.org
Website: www.nysna.org
E-mail: info@nysna.org

Office of the Professions,
Cultural Education Center,
Albany, NY 12230

518-474-3817
Fax: 518-474-1449
Email: op4info@mail.nysed.gov
http://www.op.nysed.gov/contact.htm

• One time requirement for registration
• 2 hours course on child abuse
• 4 hours course on infection control every
  5 years
• accepts CA CE requirements
• Other

North Carolina Nurses Association

Sindy Barker, BA
Executive Director

103 Enterprise Street
Box 12025
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605

(919) 821-4250
FAX (919) 829-5807
E-mail: ncnurses@aol.com www.nursingworld.org/snas/nc/index.htm

• None
• SBON

North Dakota Nurses Association

Sharon Moos,
MBA, RN
Executive
Administrator

549 Airport Road
Bismarck, North Dakota 58504-6107

(701) 223-1385
FAX (701) 223-0575
E-mail: ndna@prodigy.net

North Dakota Board of Nursing
919 South 7^th Street
Bismark, ND 58504-5881

(701) 328-9777
Fax: (701) 328-9785 http://www.ndbon.org/

• Nursing practice for relicensure 500 hours within preceding 5 years

• 30 hours/
  2 year

• SBON

Ohio Nurses Association

Ann Whitlatch, PhD, RN

Interim Executive Director

4000 East Main Street
Columbus, Ohio 43213-2983

(614) 237-5414 ext. 164
FAX (614) 237-6074

E-mail: onastaff@ohnurses.org
www.ohnurses.org

State of Ohio Board of Nursing
17 South High Street, #400

Columbus, OH 43215-3413

(614) 466-3947
http://www.state.oh.us/nur/

24 hours for RN and LPB every 2 years

SNA, SBON, Other

Oklahoma Nurses Association

6414 North Santa Fe, Suite A
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116

• None

Oregon Nurses Association

Susan E. King, MS, RN

Administrator
for Professional Services

9600 S.W. Oak, Suite 550
Portland, Oregon 97223

(503) 293-0011
FAX (503) 293-0013

E-mail: ona@oregonrn.org
www.oregonrn.org

Oregon State Board of Nursing
800 NE Oregon Street
Suite 465
Portland, OR 97232-2162

Phone: 503-731-4745
Fax: 503-731-4755
http://www.osbn.state.or.us/

960 hours of practice within past 5 years

• NPs 100 clock hours of continuing education every 2 years

SNA, SBON

Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

P.O. Box 68525
Harrisburg, PA 17106-8525

(717) 657-1222
(888)-707-7762

FAX (717) 657-3796
E-mail: psna@psna.org

www.psna.org

Board of Nursing
PO Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649

(717) 783-7142
Fax: (717) 783-0822
Nursing@pados.dos.state.pa.us
Visit Site

• None

• 36 hours every 3 years for RN
• 24 hours every 3 years for PN

accepts CA CE credits

SBON, SNA, Other

Rhode Island State Nurses Association

550 S. Water Street, Unit 540B
Providence, RI 02903-4344

(401) 421-9703
FAX (401) 421-6793

E-mail: risna@prodigy.net
members.aol.com/risna/sna/home.htm

• None

South Carolina Nurses Association

Judith C. Thompson

Executive Director

1821 Gadsden Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

(803) 252-4781
FAX (803) 779-3870
E-mail: scna@prodigy.net
www.nursingworld.org/snas/sc/index.htm

Minimum practice requirement 960 hours preceding 5 years

• SBON

South Dakota Nurses Association

Mina Hall,
MSN, RN
Executive
Director

818 East 41st Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105

(605) 338-1401

FAX (605) 338-0516
E-mail: southdakota.nurses@prodigy.net

www.nursingworld.org/snas/sd/index.htm

Continued practice requirement 140 hours/year or 480 hours/6 years

SNA

Tennessee Nurses Association

545 Mainstream Drive, Suite 405
Nashville, Tennessee 37228-1201

• Continued practice requirement
• SBON

7600 Burnet Road Suite 440
Austin, Texas 78757-1292

Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
P.O. Box 430
Austin, TX 78767-0430

Phone: 512-305-7400
Fax: 512-305-7401
http://www.bne.state.tx.us/

• 20 every 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits
• SBON, SNA, Other

All 20 via home study

Executive
Director

455 East 400 South, #50
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Board of Nursing
Div of Professional Licensing
160 East 300^th South,
P.O. Box 14674
Salt lake City, UT 84114-6741

• Must have practiced not less than 400 hours during 2 years preceding application for renewal
• Or have completed 30 contact hours
• Or have practiced not less than 200 hours and completed 15 contact hours during 2 years preceding application for renewal
• SNA, Other

All up to 30 via home study

Vermont State Nurses Association

1 Main St., #26 Champlain Mill
Winooski, Vermont 05404-2230

(802) 655-7123

FAX (802) 655-7187

E-mail:vtnurse@prodigy.net

Board of Nursing
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-1106

• None

Virgin Islands State Nurses Association

P.O. Box 583
Christiansted, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin Islands 00821-0583

(809) 773-1261

E-mail: vcgvina@viaccess.net

Virgin Islands Board of Licensure
Veterans Drive Station
St. Thomas, VI 00803

• 15 hours every 2 years
• SBON

Virginia Nurses Association

7113 Three Chopt Road, Suite 204
Richmond, Virginia 23226

Virginia Board of Nursing
4th Floor
Richmond, VA 23230-1717

Phone: 804-662-9909
Fax: 804-662-9512

• None

Washington State Nurses Association

Judith A. Huntington,
MN, RN
Executive
Director

2505 Second Avenue, Suite 500
Seattle, Washington 98121

(206) 443-9762 ext. 3002
FAX (206) 728-2074
E-mail: jhunting@wsna.orgwww.wsna.org

Department of Health
Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission
1300 SE Quince St,
PO Box 47864
Olympia, Washington 98504-7864

(360) 753-2686
Fax (360) 236-4738
tjw1303@doh.wa.gov http://www.doh.wa.gov/nursing/default.htm

• ARPNs 30 contact hours every 2 years with prescriptive authorization: 15 added hours in pharmacology
• SBON

West Virginia Nurses Association

Cheri Heflin Montgomery

Executive
Director

West Virginia Board of Examiners
for Registered Professional Nurses
101 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311-1620

Phone: (304) 558-3596
Fax: (304) 558-3666
Email: rnboard@state.wv.us http://www.wvrnboard.com

• RN: 30 every 2 years
• LVN: 24 hours + 400 hours practice every 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits
• SBON, SNA

All 30 via home study

Gina Dennik-Champion,
MSN, MSH, RN
Executive
Administrator

6117 Monona Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53716

(608) 221-0383
FAX (608) 221-2788
E-mail: wna@execpc.com
www.execpc.com/~wna/

Board of Nursing
PO Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708

(608) 266-8957
Fax: (608) 267-0644
Cellswor@mail.state.wi.us
http://www.state.wi.us/

• None

Wyoming Nurses Association

Majestic Building, Room 305
1603 Capitol Avenue

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001

(307) 635-3955

FAX (307) 635-2173
E-mail: wyonurse@aol.com

• 20 every 2 years
• accepts CA CE credits
• SBON, SNA

All 20 via home study

American Nurses Association