Kentucky Nursing Continuing Education and CEU Credits

NEW! DEA MATE ACT:
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required to complete 8 hours of one-time training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Mandatory Subjects:

Domestic Violence – 3 contact hours; 1-time requirement.

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) – 1.5 contact hours; 1-time requirement.


Suicide Prevention - This is a one time requirement:
A minimum of 2 contact hours

Implicit Bias - This is a one time requirement:
A minimum of 1.5 contact hours

In reference to- Suicide Prevention and Implicit Bias CE Requirements:
Nurses who hold an active license on July 1, 2022 must complete the hours by July 1, 2023.
Nurses who obtain a license by examination, endorsement, or reinstatement after July 1, 2022
must complete these hours within 3 years of licensure.



Additional requirement for APNs with prescriptive authority:
Pharmacology - 5 contact hours every annual renewal period.
Pharmacology and either pain management or addiction disorders - 1.5 of the 5 pharmacology hours for APRNs with CAPA-CS. 
Addiction Disorders - 4 hours, which must include 1.5 hours in addiction disorders and pharmacology, for APRNs with DEA-X registration. These hours can be applied to the 5 hour pharmacology requirement.