Idaho Continuing Education Requirements

You must work at least 8 hours as a paid CNA in the two years before your expiration date to be eligible to renew for another two years. 

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

RNs are not required to complete continuing education for license renewal per IDAPA 24.34.01 Rules of the Idaho Board of Nursing 2022 for Rulemaking and 2023 for Legislative Review.

Continuing Education Requirements for renewing an APRN license include completing 30 contact hours of continuing education during the renewal period, which shall include 10 contact hours in pharmacology if the nurse has prescriptive authority. Contact hours will be prorated for APRNs whose initial license was issued midway into a renewal period (e.g. a new graduate whose initial license is valid for 1 year is required to attest to 15.0 contact hours of continuing education and 5.0 contact hours in pharmacology-related content).

15 contact hours must be earned biennially.

Physical Therapists must earn 32 contact hours every 2 years.

**Hours of continuing education credit may be obtained by attending and participating in a continuing education activity germane to the profession.  Additionally CEUFast courses receive approval of the Florida Board of Physical Therapy Association.  

Physical Therapist Assistants must complete 32 credit hours every two years

**Hours of continuing education credit may be obtained by attending and participating in a continuing education activity germane to the profession.  Additionally CEUFast courses receive approval of the Florida Board of Physical Therapy Association. 

Each licensee shall successfully complete, in the twelve (12) months preceding license renewal, a minimum of ten (10) contact hours of continuing education, as approved by the Board.

At least five (5) contact hours must directly relate to the delivery of occupational therapy services. The remaining contact hours must be germane to the practice of occupational therapy and relate to other areas of a licensee’s practice. A licensee may take online or home study courses or self competency assessments, as long as a course completion certificate is provided.

Each licensee shall successfully complete, in the twelve (12) months preceding license renewal, a minimum of ten (10) contact hours of continuing education, as approved by the Board.

At least five (5) contact hours must directly relate to the delivery of occupational therapy services. The remaining contact hours must be germane to the practice of occupational therapy and relate to other areas of a licensee’s practice. A licensee may take online or home study courses or self competency assessments, as long as a course completion certificate is provided.

 All licensed athletic trainers must be in good standing with and provide documentation of current certification by the national athletic trainers’ association board of certification or a nationally recognized credentialing agency, accepted by the board. All athletic trainers holding current Idaho registration/licensure who are not certified by the national athletic trainers’ association board of certification or a nationally recognized credentialing agency, accepted by the board, are required to provide documentation of successful completion of eighty (80) hours of board approved continuing educational units during each three (3) year reporting period on forms provided by the board.

 

You must work at least 8 hours as a paid CNA in the two years before your expiration date to be eligible to renew for another two years. Continuing education is not required for license renewal.

A licensed midwife must successfully complete a minimum of ten (10) continuing education hours per year. Two (2) of these hours must be in peer review participation as described in Subsection 102.02. One (1) continuing education hour equals one (1) clock hour. A licensed midwife is considered to have satisfied the annual continuing education requirement for the first renewal of the initial license. The subject material of the continuing education must pertain to the practice of midwifery and be either acceptable to NARM as counting towards recertification of a licensed midwife as a CPM or otherwise approved by the Board.

Continuing Education Requirements for renewing an APRN license include completing 30 contact hours of continuing education during the renewal period, which shall include 10 contact hours in pharmacology if the nurse has prescriptive authority. Contact hours will be prorated for APRNs whose initial license was issued midway into a renewal period (e.g. a new graduate whose initial license is valid for 1 year is required to attest to 15.0 contact hours of continuing education and 5.0 contact hours in pharmacology-related content).

Continuing Education Requirements for renewing an APRN license include completing 30 contact hours of continuing education during the renewal period, which shall include 10 contact hours in pharmacology if the nurse has prescriptive authority. Contact hours will be prorated for APRNs whose initial license was issued midway into a renewal period (e.g. a new graduate whose initial license is valid for 1 year is required to attest to 15.0 contact hours of continuing education and 5.0 contact hours in pharmacology-related content).

Prior to renewal, each Respiratory Therapist shall submit evidence of successfully completing no less than twelve (12) hours per year of approved respiratory therapy related continuing education. Renewal can be annual or biennially before July 1st.

CEUFast is unable to provide continuing education for Idaho RTs

In Idaho, medical assistants are not required to obtain licensure or certification from state organizations in order to work in the medical field.