Alaska nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off 12 AAC 44.610 to .640 rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
30 hours
if you satisfy this board with coursework, every 2 years
This board accepts alternatives to sitting continuing education hours. Any one of the pathways below satisfies the requirement.
Ways to satisfy Alaska
30 CE contact hours
30 CE hours30 hours uncompensated professional activities
320 employment hours as an RN
320 practice hoursBoard-approved refresher, NCLEX, or a nursing degree
Alternative under 12 AAC 44.640
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
No
CPR and BLS courses are not accepted as contact hours.
One contact hour is
50 minutes
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
Requires TWO of the first three methods, not one. All three aggregators reported this as a flat 30 hours.
Read from that page on 2026-10-15. Boards change their rules and their websites without announcing either, so treat this as a convenience and the board as the authority.
Get warned before your Alaska licence renews
Tell us the date on your licence and we will email you 60 days before it lapses. Once, per cycle. No account, no password, nothing else sent to you.
Hold a licence in more than one state?
The compliance map takes the CE you have already done and shows you where it would hold up across all 51 jurisdictions at once, including the ones that do not work the way anybody assumes. Three questions, no account. Both tools are available in English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.