Oklahoma nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off Oklahoma BON Continuing Qualifications for Practice rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
24 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 Oklahoma
520 verified work hours in a position requiring an RN license
520 practice hoursVolunteer hours do not count.
24 contact hours of CE applicable to nursing practice
24 CE hoursCurrent certification in a nursing specialty from an accredited program
A board-approved refresher course
6 academic semester credit hours of nursing coursework
One semester credit equals 16 contact hours.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
Options cannot be combined within the same two year period. Must be met within the 2 years prior to license expiration.
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 Oklahoma 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.