Michigan nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off Michigan LARA Implicit Bias Training FAQs; nursing CE totals from the LARA Nursing FAQ rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
25 hours
per renewal, every 2 years
Mandatory topics, inside the Michigan total
Pain and Symptom Management
2 hours · every renewal
Required, with no hour figure set
Human Trafficking
no hour figure set · one-time
Does not count toward the 25.
Required, and the board does not say whether it counts
Implicit Bias
2 hours · per year of the license cycle
The board states 1 per year of the cycle, so this renewal needs 2.
every renewal
1 hour for each year of the cycle, required at every renewal. Initial licensure instead requires 2 hours within the 5 years preceding issuance, for applications on or after 1 June 2022. May count toward CE if the profession rules permit.
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.
Implicit bias figures are board-sourced from the LARA Implicit Bias FAQ. The 25 hour total and the 2 pain hours come from the LARA Nursing FAQ whose document revision is 6/2021, so those two figures are the ones to re-check first.
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 Michigan licence renews
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