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Continuing Education Requirements for the State of South Carolina

South Carolina
Requirements for license renewal for RNs & LPNs:

 

Advanced Practice: Approved Providers: Failure to meet requirements:

Continuing Education: 30 Contact Hours

All contact hours may be completed by homestudy

APRNs with prescriptive authority (with certification) must complete 20 continuing education contact hours every two years in pharmacotherapeutics. For a NP, CNM, or CNS with controlled substance prescriptive authority, 2 or the 20 must be related to prescribing controlled substances. If the APRN is not writing prescriptions, national certification will suffice.  NURSING EDUCATION OF AMERICA®is Accredited as a Provider of Continuing Education in Nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
The ANCC is the credentialing division of the American Nurses Association.

Failure to renew and continuing to practice nursing is a violation of the “Laws Governing Nursing in South Carolina” (Nurse Practice Act) and will result in appropriate sanctions.

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