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Massachusetts license renewal
Massachusetts nursing CE renewal requirements
Massachusetts RNs renew every two years and need 15 contact hours of continuing education each renewal.
Massachusetts APRNs renew every two years and need 15 contact hours of continuing education each renewal.
✓ Verified October 8, 2026 against Massachusetts’s board of nursing, state rules and the Nurse Licensure Compact. Sources are listed below.
At a glance
- Renewal cycle
- Every two years
- RN continuing education
- 15 contact hours
- APRN continuing education
- 15 contact hours
- Nurse Licensure Compact
- Passed, not yet in effect
- Reports to CE Broker
- Not confirmed
Required topics
“Part of the total” hours count toward the overall requirement; “on top of the total” hours are extra.
RNs
| Topic | Hours | How often | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care of patients with cognitive impairment / Alzheimer'sOne-time: initial applicants; existing licensees had to complete by 7 Nov 2022 | — | Once | Part of the total |
| Domestic and sexual violence (Chapter 260)All RNs: initial/reciprocity applicants; existing licensees by 30 Jun 2019 | — | Once | Part of the total |
APRNs (in addition to RN requirements)
| Topic | Hours | How often | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain management and opioid prescribing education (c.94C s.18(e))APRNs with prescriptive authority (MCSR) | — | Every renewal | Part of the total |
RN renewal in detail
- 15 contact hours per cycle.
- Your first renewal after licensure is exempt from the CE requirement.
- When it expires: Birth month; RNs renew in even years.
APRN renewal in detail
- Same 15 hours; national certification must be maintained to hold APRN authorisation.
- APRNs must hold a current national certification.
- Your first renewal after licensure is exempt from the CE requirement.
- When it expires: Birth month.
Using HIVE Nurse for your hours
HIVE Nurse is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Florida Board of Nursing (CE Provider #50-57054). Boards differ on whether they accept CE from a provider approved by another state’s board, so check Massachusetts’s rules before you count a course.
The renewal checker builds your own list from these rules and can remind you before your license expires.
Sources
Some details for Massachusetts are being re-confirmed with the board. Check the source before you renew.
Rules change. Your board’s website is the final word.