1. How often must nurses licensed in Florida renew their licenses?
Answer: Every two years
2. Where can nurses renew their licenses and verify the status of their renewal in Florida?
Answer: On the Florida Health Medical Quality Assurance website
3. What is the responsibility of nurses in Florida regarding license renewal?
Answer: It is the nurse's responsibility to renew their license every two years.
4. How can nursing professionals find license renewal information?
Answer: By visiting the Florida Board of Nursing website
5. What system does the Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance use to verify a
practitioner's continuing education record?
Answer: CEBroker electronic tracking system
6. How many contact hours are required for LPNs, RNs, and APRNs during the two-year license
renewal cycle?
Answer: 24 contact hours
7. Which courses are considered mandatory and count toward the 24 required contact hours?
Answer: All of the above
8. How often is a 2-hour domestic violence course required for LPNs, RNs, and APRNs?
Answer: Every third renewal cycle
9. How can an RN with both RN and LPN licenses satisfy CE requirements?
Answer: By completing the RN requirements only
10. What must APRNs complete for controlled substance prescribing?
Answer: 3 hours in the safe and effective prescription of controlled substances
11. What exception exists for APRNs regarding prescribing/dispensing controlled substances?
Answer: A master's or doctoral degree in a clinical nursing specialty with specialized training is
needed.
12. Which activities are within the APRN scope of practice?
Answer: Initiating, monitoring, or altering therapies for certain uncomplicated acute illnesses
Answer: Every two years
2. Where can nurses renew their licenses and verify the status of their renewal in Florida?
Answer: On the Florida Health Medical Quality Assurance website
3. What is the responsibility of nurses in Florida regarding license renewal?
Answer: It is the nurse's responsibility to renew their license every two years.
4. How can nursing professionals find license renewal information?
Answer: By visiting the Florida Board of Nursing website
5. What system does the Florida Department of Health Medical Quality Assurance use to verify a
practitioner's continuing education record?
Answer: CEBroker electronic tracking system
6. How many contact hours are required for LPNs, RNs, and APRNs during the two-year license
renewal cycle?
Answer: 24 contact hours
7. Which courses are considered mandatory and count toward the 24 required contact hours?
Answer: All of the above
8. How often is a 2-hour domestic violence course required for LPNs, RNs, and APRNs?
Answer: Every third renewal cycle
9. How can an RN with both RN and LPN licenses satisfy CE requirements?
Answer: By completing the RN requirements only
10. What must APRNs complete for controlled substance prescribing?
Answer: 3 hours in the safe and effective prescription of controlled substances
11. What exception exists for APRNs regarding prescribing/dispensing controlled substances?
Answer: A master's or doctoral degree in a clinical nursing specialty with specialized training is
needed.
12. Which activities are within the APRN scope of practice?
Answer: Initiating, monitoring, or altering therapies for certain uncomplicated acute illnesses
