Louisiana nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off LSBN CE and Nursing Practice Requirements 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 Louisiana
30 board-approved CE contact hours
30 CE hours900 practice hours verified by the employer
900 practice hours
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
60 minutes
Keep your certificates for
5 years
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
A contact hour here is 60 minutes, not 50. Exempt in the calendar year first licensed in Louisiana, and for RNs holding current board-recognized specialty certification.
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 Louisiana 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.