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Kentucky Board of Nursing

Licensure Support

Reinstatement CE Requirements

​​​​​​​​The continuing competency requirements for reinstatement applicants vary depending on how long a Kentucky license has been lapsed. Please refer to the below chart.

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Information regarding reinstatement

  • All continuing education credits (CE) must be completed through a provider approved or accepted by the KBN to offer nursing CE.

    • ​To review the KBN-approved CE Provider listing, click here​.
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  • Documents must be uploaded into your KY Nurse Portal account during the application process or sent through the message center to the RN/LPN Reinstatement category.​​
  • Validate when your license lapsed using the KBN’s online​​ valid​​​ation and determine the number of CE needed from the grid below.
  • If you are going to submit verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years, obtain the Verification of Employment form here or ​in the KBN Document Library using the keyword search term Verification of E​mployment.
If Your Reinstatement Application is Received at KBN:Submit Proof of ONE of the Following:
Within 12 months of the date your license lapsed
  • 14 CE, earned within the past 1 yea​r OR
  • A satisfactory nursing employment evaluation given within the past 1 year and 7 CE, earned within the past year OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above) OR
  • Any of the continued competency validation methods listed in 201 KAR 20:215, Section 2
12 months and one day to 2 years from the date your license lapsed
  • 28 CE (at least 14 earned within past 1 year) OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above)
2 years and one day to 3 years from the date your license lapsed
  • 42 CE (at least 14 earned within past 1 year) OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above)
3 years and one day to 4 years from the date your license lapsed
  • 56 CE (at least 14 earned within past 1 year) OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above)
4 years and one day to 5 years from the date your license lapsed
  • 70 CE (at least 14 earned within past 1 year) OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above)
More than 5 years from the date your license lapsed
  • 120 CE (ALL earned within one year of the date the application is received at KBN) OR
  • Verification of at least 500 hours of non-Kentucky nursing employment within the past 5 years (see above)

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