New Jersey nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off N.J.A.C. 13:37-5.3 via Cornell LII rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
30 hours
per renewal, every 2 years
Mandatory topics, inside the New Jersey total
Prescription Opioids
1 hours · every renewal
Alternatives to opioids for pain management, and the risks and signs of opioid abuse, addiction and diversion.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
Hours you can carry forward
15
SOURCE CAVEAT: this is the codified regulation text as republished by Cornell Legal Information Institute, not the board site, which returned client errors on five attempts. The regulation is the authority, but worth one board confirmation. No organ donation requirement found, contrary to one aggregator. Up to 15 excess hours carry into the next period.
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 New Jersey 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.
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