Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) At the time of license renewal, any licensee
may be required to submit proof of completion of 30 contact hours of approved
continuing nursing education (CNE). This proof shall be documented as follows:
(1) For each approved CNE offering, a certificate
or a transcript that clearly designates the number of hours of approved CNE that
have been successfully completed, showing the following:
(A) Name of CNE offering;
(B) provider name or name of the accrediting
organization;
(C) provider number or
number of the accrediting organization, if applicable;
(D) offering date;
(E) number of contact hours awarded; and
(F) the licensee's name and license number as
shown on the course roster; or
(2) an approved Kansas state board of nursing IOA,
which shall include approval of college courses that meet the definition of
continuing education in K.S.A. 65-1117, and amendments thereto.
(b) The required 30 contact hours of approved CNE
shall have been completed during the most recent prior licensing period between the
first date of the licensing period and the date that the licensee submits the
renewal application as required in K.S.A. 65-1117, and amendments thereto, and
K.A.R. 60-3-108. Contact hours accumulated in excess of the 30-hour requirement
shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.
(c) Acceptable CNE may include any of the
following:
(1) 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;
(2) an offering as designated in K.S.A. 65-1119,
and amendments thereto;
(3) an offering
for which a licensee has submitted an IOA, which may include credit requested for a
college course that meets the definition of continuing education in K.S.A. 65-1117,
and amendments thereto. Before licensure renewal, the licensee may submit an
application for an IOA to the board, accompanied by the following:
(A) A rationale statement that applies the meaning
of continuing nursing education, as defined in K.S.A. 65-1113(h) or continuing
education, as specified in K.S.A. 65-1132(a)(2) and amendments thereto;
(B) an agenda representing exact learning time in
minutes;
(C) official documentation of
successfully completed hours, which may include a certificate of completion or an
official college transcript; and
(D)
learning or behavior objectives describing learning outcomes;
(4) a maximum of 15 contact hours for the
frst-time preparation and presentation as an instructor of an approved offering to
licensed nurses. Two contact hours of instructor credit shall be granted for each
hour of presentation;
(5) an offering
utilizing a board-approved curriculum developed by the American heart association,
emergency nurses association, or Mandt, which may include the following:
(A) Advanced cardiac life support;
(B) emergency nursing pediatric course;
(C) pediatric advanced life support;
(D) trauma nurse core course;
(E) neonatal resuscitation program; or
(F) Mandt program;
(6) independent study;
(7) distance learning offerings;
(8) a board-approved refresher course if required
for licensure reinstatement as specified in K.A.R. 60-3-105 and K.A.R.
60-11-116;
(9) participation as a member
of a nursing organization board of directors or the state board of nursing,
including participation as a member of a committee reporting to the board. The
maximum number of allowable contact hours shall be six and shall not exceed three
contact hours each year. A letter from an officer of the board confirming the dates
of participation shall be accepted as documentation of this type of CNE;
or
(10) any college courses in science,
psychology, sociology, or statistics that are prerequisites for a nursing
degree.
(d) Fractions of
hours 30 minutes or greater to be computed towards a contact hour shall be
accepted.
(e) A maximum of 15 contact
hours shall be accepted for renewal of certification in advanced cardiac life
support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), or similar standardized
recertification courses developed by the American heart association, emergency
nurses association, or Mandt each licensing period.
(f) Contact hours shall not be recognized by the
board for any of the following:
(1) Identical
offerings completed within a renewal period;
(2) offerings containing the same content as that
of courses that are part of basic preparation at the level of current
licensure;
(3) in-service education,
on-the-job training, orientation, and institution-specific courses;
(4) an incomplete or failed college course or any
college course in literature and composition, public speaking, basic math, algebra,
humanities, or other general education requirements unless the course meets the
definition of CNE;
(5) offerings less
than 30 minutes in length; or
(6) a
board-approved refresher course for license renewal.
