California nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off California BRN CE for License Renewal rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
30 hours
per renewal, every 2 years
Required, and the board does not say whether it counts
Implicit Bias
1 hours · one-time
within the first 2 years after initial licensure
Must be direct participation with a board-approved provider. Whether it counts toward the 30 is not stated.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
Keep your certificates for
4 years
- The board requires 1 hours of Implicit Bias but does not say whether it counts inside the total above. Assume it does not until you have confirmed it, so you are not short.
Nurse practitioners with over 25 percent of primary care patients aged 65+ need 6 of the 30 in gerontology; that is an NP rule, not an RN rule.
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.
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