Minnesota Advanced Practice Registered Nurse CE

How many CE hours do Minnesota APRNs need?

Minnesota APRN CE is met through certification, not a separate hour count. The Board states that keeping your national certification current satisfies the 24 contact hours that apply to your RN registration, and renewal asks for evidence of current certification in your role and population focus ( Board of Nursing, APRN licensure -licensure-general-information/); Minn. Stat. 148.231 ). An APRN must also hold or be eligible for a Minnesota RN license, so both renew together every 24 months on the last day of your birth month ( Minn. Stat. 148.211 ; Minn. R. 6310.2600, subp. 15 ). Your certifier sets its own recertification rules, so check its hour and pharmacology requirements. See our Minnesota RN CE and Minnesota LPN CE pages for the other nursing licenses.

Which CE topics are required for Minnesota APRNs?

None from the Board beyond keeping your national certification current in the role you are licensed for: certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified registered nurse anesthetist ( Minn. Stat. 148.171 ). Minnesota's 2 hour opioid and controlled substance prescribing CE for APRNs with prescriptive authority applied only between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022, and it has expired ( Board of Nursing opioid CE FAQ ). Federal rules are separate: if you hold a DEA registration, you attest once to the MATE Act training on treating opioid and other substance use disorders. The DEA MATE 8-hour training satisfies it, and so does board certification in addiction medicine, a recent graduation from a program that included the 8 hours, or qualifying training completed before December 29, 2022 ( DEA MATE Act FAQ ).

Does Minnesota accept ANCC-accredited CE for APRNs?

Minnesota does not ask APRNs to submit contact hours, so the question is usually your certifier's. Ask your certifier whether ANCC-accredited courses count toward recertification, and keep your AchieveCE certificates so you can upload them when it asks. AchieveCE is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation, and the Board sets criteria for what counts rather than approving individual providers ( Board of Nursing CE resources ). See all of our accreditations .

Do newly licensed Minnesota APRNs need CE for their first renewal?

No separate hours. Current national certification is a condition of getting the APRN license in the first place, and that same certification carries your first renewal ( Minn. Stat. 148.211 ). Your RN registration follows the usual schedule. Minnesota has not enacted the Nurse Licensure Compact, so a nurse who moves here from a compact state applies for a Minnesota license and follows Minnesota's CE rule ( Board of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact ).

Does Minnesota audit APRN CE?

The Board checks that your national certification is on file when it processes each APRN renewal ( Minn. Stat. 148.231 ). Because the requirement is certification based, it is not subject to the random contact hour audit that RN and LPN CE faces, and the Board does not publish a separate audit rate for APRN certification. Keep your certificates anyway: your certifier may audit your recertification hours, and RN CE records are kept for two years. Questions? Our CE compliance experts are on live chat, email, and phone, 7 days a week.

Other Minnesota nursing licenses: Minnesota RN CE and Minnesota LPN CE . For more courses and live CE, see the Nursing membership and live webinars .

Last verified: October 22, 2026

Sources

• Minn. Stat. 148.171, Definitions

• Minn. Stat. 148.211, Licensure Requirements

• Minn. Stat. 148.231, Registration Renewal

• Minn. R. 6310.2600, Definitions (Registration Period)

• Minnesota Board of Nursing, APRN Licensure General Information -licensure-general-information/)

• Minnesota Board of Nursing, Continuing Education

• Minnesota Board of Nursing, Opioid Continuing Education Requirement for Prescribers

• DEA Diversion Control Division, MATE Act Training FAQ

• Minnesota Board of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact