North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 32 - NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL BOARD
Subchapter M - APPROVAL OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
Section 32M .0107 - CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE)
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
(a) In order to maintain nurse practitioner approval to practice, the nurse practitioner shall earn 50 contact hours of continuing education activity every two years, beginning with the first renewal after initial approval to practice has been granted. A minimum of 20 hours of the required 50 hours must be in the advanced practice nursing population focus of the NP role. The 20 hours must have approval granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), or by a national accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development, or nurse practice-relevant courses in an institution of higher learning. A nurse practitioner who possesses a current national certification by a national credentialing body shall be deemed in compliance with the requirement of Paragraph (a) of this Rule.
(b) Prior to prescribing controlled substances as the same are defined in 21 NCAC 32M .0109(b)(2), nurse practitioners shall have completed a minimum of one CE hour within the preceding 12 months on 1 or more of the following topics:
(c) Documentation of all CE completed within the previous five years shall be maintained by the nurse practitioner and made available upon request to either Board.
Authority
G.S.
90-5.1(a)(3);
90-8.2;
90-18(c)(14);
S.L. 2015-241, s. 12F;
Eff. January 1, 1996;
Amended
Eff. August 1, 2004; May 1, 1999;
Recodified from Rule .0106 Eff.
August 1, 2004;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2009; April 1,
2008;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016;
Amended Eff. June
1, 2021; March 1, 2017.
