Maryland Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Maryland Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 continuing education units (CEUs) within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of the renewal application. of continuing education each renewal period
- bi-annually
- Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training Requirements for License and Certificate Renewal
APRN Requirements
- 30 CEUs of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology renewal requirement
- Required topic: None identified
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Maryland RN required courses
30 contact hours in this list, included with your yearly pass. Always confirm with your board before you renew.
This board names no specific required topic for RNs — any of our courses count toward your hours.
Elective courses
Pick from these to finish your hours. Every one is included with the yearly pass.
4 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills for recognizing autism, supporting assessment, adapting care, managing health needs, and partnering with autistic people and families across the lifespan.
4 contact hoursPrepares nurses to recognize, protect against, report, and support the emergency management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive incidents.
5 contact hoursBuild safe, evidence-based practice for selecting, verifying, administering, monitoring, and responding to transfusions of blood components.
3 contact hoursEvidence-based nursing care for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment, symptom management, survivorship, recurrence, and metastatic disease.
4 contact hoursAfter completing this course, nurses will be able to distinguish common arthritic and arthritis-associated conditions using symptom patterns, examination findings, laboratory data, imaging, and synovial fluid results.
10 contact hoursApply current nursing ethics codes, structured reasoning, informed consent standards, advocacy practices, and professional accountability to common clinical dilemmas.
Maryland nursing CE questions
Straight from the Maryland board
- Renewal period
- bi-annually
- RN requirement
- No routine CE
- LPN / LVN requirement
- No routine CE
- Mandatory topics
- Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training Requirements for License and Certificate Renewal
- Required courses
- RN: 30 CEUs per 2-year renewal period. LPN: 30 CEUs per 2-year renewal period. CE must meet Maryland's accepted-provider/approval requirements. Qualifying college coursework may also be used under the regulations. (Maryland Department of Health) Source: Maryland Board of Nursing regulations.
- Good to know
- Maryland does require CE for renewal. Current Maryland regulations provide for 30 CEUs during the 2 years immediately preceding renewal, subject to permitted alternatives/qualifying coursework. This corrects the earlier Fast CE master-page statement that Maryland has no CE requirement. (Maryland Department of Health)
- Advanced practice CE
- 30 CEUs
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology renewal requirement
- Who it applies to
- APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- None identified
- Who approves the course
- Maryland Board of Nursing
- Accepted providers
- AHEC, ANA, ANCC, professional organizations offering CE for APRN national certification, local/state/national nursing associations, MNA, NCSBN, NLN
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