South Carolina nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off South Carolina BON Competency 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 South Carolina
30 contact hours from a board-recognized provider
30 CE hoursNo carryover between licensure periods.
Maintain or renew certification from a board-recognized national body
Complete a board-recognized nursing or related-field program
Employer certification of competency on a board-approved form
The board sets no minimum practice hours; the nurse must practice enough that the employer can verify competency.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
Hours you can carry forward
0
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
No mandated topics for renewal. The legal aspects in nursing course applies only to reinstatement from lapsed or inactive status.
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 South Carolina 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.