New York Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements

Renewal cycle

3 years (triennial registration renewal with NYSED; NP certificate and RN license are both renewed)

Total CE hours

None — New York has no general CE/contact-hour requirement for NP (or RN) registration renewal. NPs must maintain their national certification only per their certifying body's rules (ANCC/AANP recertification CE), not as a state-audited renewal requirement.

Pharmacology CE

None. New York has no pharmacology-specific CE requirement for NP registration renewal (pharmacology coursework applies only to initial certification/education).

Controlled-substance CE

NPs with a DEA registration must complete at least 3 hours of coursework in pain management, palliative care, and addiction once every 3 years (NY Public Health Law mandatory prescriber education), with an online attestation to the NYS DOH. Federal one-time 8-hour MATE Act training also applies at DEA registration/renewal.

Good to know

NY splits credentials: RN license + NP certificate, both registered triennially with NYSED. Other mandatory trainings: infection-control coursework every 4 years and a one-time 2-hour child-abuse-reporting course. For a PMHNP the practical CE burden comes from ANCC recertification (which itself requires pharmacotherapeutics hours), not from the state.

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