Illinois Continuing Education for Nurses (CNE) and State Nursing CE Requirements
MLA is an Illinois Continuing Education Sponsor (License No. 236.000169). Courses approved for Illinois CNE serve Advanced Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Licensed Practical Nurses in Illinois and other states.
MLA reviewed the continuing education requirements for all 50 United States and the District of Columbia. We offer our interpretations of whether their laws allow offerings approved for Illinois CNE to meet their continuing education requirements for one or more category of nurse (e.g., RN, LPN).
We urge you to confirm our interpretation of statutes by checking the nursing education requirements in your state, professional organization, or certifying body before assuming that an Illinois CNE course will serve your purpose.
You can find all courses approved for Illinois CNE in MEDLIB-ED, our online course catalog. Please check back often, as the number of CNE courses will grow as more courses are approved.
To learn more about our requirements for CNE presenters and how you or a colleague can apply for CNE approval please see How to Get Your Course Approved for MLA CE or Illinois CNE Credit (coming soon).
We present our findings organized in the following categories:
- Accept Illinois CNE: States that accept continuing education approved by a board or an agency that regulates a health care profession or encompasses Illinois CNE in some other way.
- Do not accept Illinois CNE: States that do not say they accept out-of-state continuing education or describe acceptable continuing education in a way that excludes Illinois CNE.
- No CE requirements: States that have no nursing CE requirements or only requirements for pain management or other very specific training.
Each state name is linked to the document we used to draw our conclusion.
We advise course owners and learners to confirm our interpretation of statutes by checking the nursing continuing education requirements for the state, professional organization, or certifying body of interest before assuming that offering or taking an Illinois CNE course will serve your purpose.
Please share with the MLA Professional Development Department any information that may lead us to revise our categorization.
Accept Illinois CNE
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming