Alaska Continuing Education Requirements

If you have held your certification for two years or more, you must complete 24 contact hours of continuing education and 160 hours of monetarily compensated employment as a Certified Nurse Aide. 
If you have held your certification for over a year but less than two years, you are required to have completed 12 contact hours of continuing education and 160 hours of monetarily compensated employment as a Certified Nurse Aide. 
If you have held your certification for less than a year, you are not required to complete the 160 hours or` more of monetarily compensated employment as a Certified Nurse Aide nor the contact hours of continuing education.

Please check with your facility/employer to ensure CEUFast courses are accepted. 

No CE required

Must have a CNA certification.

Before a license can be renewed, registered and practical nurse licensees must complete two of the following methods for maintaining continuing competency (Article 6 of 12 AAC).

30 contact hours of continuing education prescribed under 12 AAC 44.610 (certified by ANCC, ANA, AMA, a nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist certifying body or approved by another Board of Nursing).
30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities prescribed under 12 AAC 44.620
320 hours of employment as an RN or LPN prescribed under 12 AAC 44.630.
    
The board will not accept continuing education contact hours or in-service hours for the completion of courses in    cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or basic life support (BLS).

In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640 (such as completing a Board approved refresher course, taking the NCLEX, or attaining a degree or certificate in nursing, or made progress toward one, beyond the education requirements for the nurse’s original license by successfully completing at least six academic credits in courses required for the degree or certificate).

Before a license can be renewed, registered and practical nurse licensees must complete two of the following methods for maintaining continuing competency (Article 6 of 12 AAC).

30 contact hours of continuing education prescribed under 12 AAC 44.610 (certified by ANCC, ANA, AMA, a nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist certifying body or approved by another Board of Nursing).

30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities prescribed under 12 AAC 44.620.

320 hours of employment as an RN or LPN prescribed under 12 AAC 44.630.

No more than 10 contact hours may be earned through in-service nursing education offered by a licensed health care facility.

If the applicant holds prescriptive authority under 12 AAC 44.440, specific continuing education required under 12 AAC 44.440(f) includes;

1. 12 contact hours of continuing education in advanced pharmacotherapeutics.
2. 12 contact hours of continuing education in clinical management of patients.

These 24 hours of continuing education may be counted as part of the continuing education hours described in
12 AAC 44.610 (a) (c ).

Prescriptive authority: Complete no less than two hours of continuing education in pain management and opioid use and addiction.

Before a license can be renewed, registered and practical nurse licensees must complete two of the following methods for maintaining continuing competency (Article 6 of 12 AAC).

30 contact hours of continuing education prescribed under 12 AAC 44.610 (certified by ANCC, ANA, AMA, a nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist certifying body or approved by another Board of Nursing).
30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities prescribed under 12 AAC 44.620
320 hours of employment as an RN or LPN prescribed under 12 AAC 44.630.
    
The board will not accept continuing education contact hours or in-service hours for the completion of courses in    cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or basic life support (BLS).

In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640 (such as completing a Board approved refresher course, taking the NCLEX, or attaining a degree or certificate in nursing, or made progress toward one, beyond the education requirements for the nurse’s original license by successfully completing at least six academic credits in courses required for the degree or certificate).

A Physical Therapist that has been licensed for 12 months or more of the concluding licensing period shall have completed 24 contact hours of continuing education.  One "contact hour" equals a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction.

A PT who has been licensed for less than 12 months of the concluding licensing period shall have:

1. completed during the period 12 contact hours of continuing education; or
2. passed the national physical therapy examination within 12m months immediately before the date the applicant's license is due to lapse. 

**CEUFast is able to provide courses approved by the Florida Board of Physical Therapy Association.  Your state authorizes courses approved by another state board.

The following types of courses will not be accepted for contact hours: Routine courses required for employment: CPR, first aid, training related to OSHA requirements will not be accepted for license renewals; courses related to the treatment of animals, such as canine and equine rehabilitation; courses related to documentation, coding or billing.

An Occupational Therapist who has been licensed for 12 months or more of the concluding licensing period shall have completed 24 contact hours of continuing education. 

An OT who has been licensed for less than 12 months shall have:

1. completed during that period 12 contact hours of continuing education; or
2. passed the national occupational therapy examination within 12 months immediately before the date that the applicant's license is due to lapse.

A Physical Therapist Assistant that has been licensed for 12 months or more of the concluding licensing period shall have completed 24 contact hours of continuing education.

A PT who has been licensed for less than 12 months of the concluding licensing period shall have:
completed during the period 12 contact hours of continuing education; or
passed the national physical therapy examination within 12m months immediately before the date the applicant's license is due to lapse. 
 

Routine courses required for employment: CPR, first aid, training related to OSHA requirements will not be accepted for license renewals.

An Occupational Therapy Assistant who has been licensed for 12 months or more of the concluding licensing period shall have completed 24 contact hours of continuing education. 

An OTA who has been licensed for less than 12 months shall have:

1. Completed during that period 12 contact hours of continuing education; or
2. Passed the national occupational therapy examination within 12 months immediately before the date that the applicant's license is due to lapse.

Athletic Trainers must renew their license on 8/31 off odd-numbered years. 50 CEUs must be earned biennially.  10 CEUs of the 50 CEUs must be earned from the EBP category.

(CEUs are based on contact hours.  Contact hours are defined as the number of actual clock hours spent in direct participation in a structured education format as a learner.  One CEU is equivalent to 1 contact hour.)
 

Alaska  does not require RTs to be licensed. However, it is necessary to successfully complete a respiratory therapy program at an accredited college/university.

1. holds national certification for each of the roles and population focus areas in which the applicant is seeking renewal;

If the applicant holds prescriptive authority under 12 AAC 44.440, has completed the continuing education required under 12 AAC 44.440(f);

1. 12 contact hours of continuing education in advanced pharmacotherapeutics.
2. 12 contact hours of continuing education in clinical management of patients.

Prescriptive authority: complete no less than two hours of continuing education in pain management and opioid use and addiction 

20 contact hours of continuing education approved by the board during the concluding license period. The 20 contact hours must include the following:

• At least four hours of the required continuing education contact hours must be in pharmacology; no more than two hours of the continuing education hours required under this paragraph may be in alternative medications, including herbology and homeopathy
• At least two hours of the required continuing education contact hours must be for the completion of the self-study program described in 12 AAC 14.430(e)

No more than 10 of the required continuing education contact hours may be completed in a self-study program.

Alaska has no medical assistant license or certification requirements to work as a medical assistant.