Idaho nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off IDAPA 24.34.01 Section 100.16 rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
15 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 Idaho
100 hours of practice
100 practice hours15 CE contact hours
15 CE hours
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
Keep your certificates for
2 years
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
Exempt for the first renewal after initial licensure by examination. DOPL began transitioning the board to biennial licensure on 1 April 2026, so the cycle is worth re-checking.
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 Idaho 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.