Alabama Continuing Education Requirements

CNA certifications are kept active if the individual is currently working or within the past twenty-four (24) months, worked in a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice agency, or mental health facility.

• You must work at least eight (8) hours every twenty-four (24) months in a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice agency, or mental health facility.
• Volunteer work does not count. Private sitting, assisted living facilities, and doctor's office work does not count.
• Skilled nursing facilities are required to provide twelve (12) hours of mandatory continuing education to CNAs (12 per year according to the date of hire for the CNA).

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.

HHA (CNA) certifications are kept active if the individual is currently working or within the past 24 months, worked in a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice agency, or mental health facility.

• You must work at least eight (8) hours every twenty-four (24) months in a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice agency, or mental health facility.
• Volunteer work does not count. Private sitting, assisted living facilities, and doctor's office work does not count.
• Skilled nursing facilities are required to provide twelve (12) hours of mandatory continuing education to HHAs (CNAs) (12 per year according to the date of hire for the HHA [CNA]).

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.

RNMs shall earn in each earning period not less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.

APRNs shall earn in each earning period no less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located here.
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP) with prescriptive authority shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.

• Licensees who were licensed by endorsement/score transfer, must submit an additional eight (8) hours of continuing education and 2 hours of Alabama Jurisprudence continuing education (10 hours total).
• Continuing education submitted must be within the current two-year compliance period.

• Effective 10/07/2024, all applicants for licensure (new graduates and endorsements) must pass an Alabama Physical Therapy jurisprudence examination (AL JAM) required by Ala. Code §34-24-212 (1975). The AL JAM is provided by the FSBPT.
  • Applicants are required to answer 80% of the questions correctly to pass the AL JAM.
  • The FSBPT Fee for the AL JAM is $48.00
• Thereafter, two (2) hours of jurisprudence continuing education covering Alabama’s Practice Act and the Administrative Code will be required in years that end in “0” or “5” (2025, 2030, 2035, etc.)

• Alabama PT jurisprudence

Each physical therapy assistant licensed to practice by this Board shall complete for each compliance period, a minimum of ten (10) contact hours of continuing education activities. One hour of continuing education is defined as 50 minutes of engagement in the continuing education activity.
October 1 through September 30 of the next year shall constitute a compliance period

**Pre-approval for courses offered is not required. We will honor any coursework relevant to the practice of physical therapy.

• Effective 10/07/2024, all applicants for licensure (new graduates and endorsements) must pass an Alabama Physical Therapy jurisprudence examination (AL JAM) required by Ala. Code §34-24-212 (1975). The AL JAM is provided by the FSBPT.
  • Applicants are required to answer 80% of the questions correctly to pass the AL JAM.
  • The FSBPT Fee for the AL JAM is $48.00
• Thereafter, two (2) hours of jurisprudence continuing education covering Alabama’s Practice Act and the Administrative Code will be required in years that end in “0” or “5” (2025, 2030, 2035, etc.)

• Alabama PT jurisprudence

• Occupational Therapist (OT) shall earn 3.0 CEUs (or 30 contact hours) biennially
• Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA) shall earn 2.0 CEUs (or 20 contact hours) biennially

• There is no limit to the amount of hours you may obtain with self-study (home study, online or webinars).
• No more than a 1/3 of your total required hours may be academic, administrative, management, supervision of level II student fieldwork or presentation hours with the remainder being direct patient care objectives.

• Occupational Therapist (OT) shall earn 3.0 CEUs (or 30 contact hours) biennially
• Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA) shall earn 2.0 CEUs (or 20 contact hours) biennially

• There is no limit to the amount of hours you may obtain with self-study (home study, online or webinars).
• No more than a 1/3 of your total required hours may be academic, administrative, management, supervision of level II student fieldwork or presentation hours with the remainder being direct patient care objectives.

• Report and be able to furnish documentation of having completed a BOC-approved Emergency Cardiac Care Course during the current renewal year of December 1 through November 30. Detailed guidelines are provided.
• Report and be able to furnish proof of current BOC certification in the form of a copy of the current BOC Certification Card or printout of BOC on-line verification. BOC certification shall be considered acceptable documentation that BOC-certified licensees are in compliance with the BOC’s continuing education requirements for ongoing credentialing. 

• The licensed athletic trainers who were issued a license pursuant to Code of Ala 1975, Section 34-40-7, exempting them from BOC certification are required to report twenty-six (26) contact hours of continuing education annually, with seven (7) of those hours being in an approved emergency cardiac care course.   Detailed continuing education guidelines and emergency cardiac care guidelines are provided. Documentation must also be submitted on the forms furnished by the Board showing proof of completion of all twenty-six (26) hours.

• Emergency Cardiac Care Certification

APRNs shall earn in each earning period no less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period. 

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located here.
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP)  with prescriptive authority shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.

Midwifes shall earn thirty (30) contact hours of continuing education every three (3) years for licensure renewal.

• Alabama Board of Respiratory Care accepts courses provided by American Nurses Association and its affiliates (ANCC). 

• No more than 12 contact hours of continuing education of self study course may be applied for renewal of license.

CE requirements determined by the National Certification currently held by licensees.

• If licensed thru AAMA please see additional information here.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.

1. Hold a valid, active permit.
2. Submit a completed electronic renewal application and required fees
3. Meet continuing education and/or competency validation requirements. 

CNPs shall earn in each earning period no less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period. test

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located here.
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP) with prescriptive authority shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.

CRNAs shall earn in each earning period no less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located here.
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)  shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.

CRNPs shall earn in each earning period not less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP) with prescriptive authority shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.

RNMs shall earn in each earning period not less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.

CRNPs shall earn in each earning period not less than twenty-four (24) contact hours of Board approved or Board-recognized continuing education as a condition for renewal of license for the subsequent license period.

• All first time renewals are required to complete a four (4) hour, Alabama Board provided course related to statutory and administrative frameworks for nursing regulation, scope of practice, and standards of practice, which can be located HERE.
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNP) with prescriptive authority shall earn six (6) contact hours of pharmacology content specific to prescriptive practice in the approved area for collaborative practice.