Alabama Administrative Code › Title 610 - ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 610-X-10 - CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LICENSURE › Section 610-X-10-.04 - Acceptable Providers Of Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Board-approved continuing education
			 providers that have an assigned ABNP number and meet the standards of this
			 chapter.
(2) Providers of
			 continuing education recognized by the Board.
(a) Continuing education approved by any
			 state board of nursing in the United States or its territories.
(b) Continuing education approved by national
			 associations or organizations that are accredited by a national continuing
			 education body. Any continuing education provider approved by the American
			 Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the International Association of
			 Continuing Education and Training (IACET) shall be recognized by the Board if
			 the content requirements are met pursuant to this chapter.
(c) National nursing organizations that
			 approve providers of continuing education or offer continuing education are
			 recognized by the Board.
(d)
			 Continuing education provided by an Alabama regulatory board shall be
			 recognized by the Board.
(e) AMA
			 PRA Category 1 Credits sponsored or conducted by those organizations or
			 entities accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the Medical
			 Association of the State of Alabama or by the Accreditation Council for
			 Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
(f) Standardized national courses approved by
			 a national organization that establishes the standardized course. The maximum
			 number of contact hours the Board shall recognize, unless a Board-approved
			 provider awards more, are listed for each course.
1. Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
			 Initial Course: 4.5 contact hours.
2. Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
			 Renewal Course: 3 contact hours.
3.
			 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Initial Course: 13.5 contact hours.
4. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Renewal
			 Course: 9 contact hours.
5.
			 Pediatric Advanced Life Support Initial Course: 14 contact hours.
6. Pediatric Advanced Life Support Renewal
			 Course: 8.5 contact hours with optional lessons; 6.5 contact hours without the
			 optional lessons.
7. Instructor
			 Course: Core Instructor Course: 8 contact hours plus discipline specific
			 component.
8. Advanced Cardiac Life
			 Support Instructor Course- discipline specific component: 7.5 contact
			 hours.
9. Basic Life Support
			 Instructor Course-discipline specific component: 5.5 contact hours.
10. Pediatric Advanced Life Support
			 Instructor Course-discipline specific component: 9.5 contact hours.
11. Electrocardiography (ECG) and
			 Pharmacology: 6.25 contact hours.
12. Electrocardiography: 3.5 contact
			 hours.
13. Pharmacology: 2.75
			 hours.
14. Pediatric Emergency,
			 Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS): 7 contact hours.
15. Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC): 14.42
			 contact hours.
16. Emergency
			 Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC): 15.33 contact hours.
17. Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing (CATN):
			 13 hours.
18. Cardiopulmonary
			 Resuscitation/Automatic External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) for Professional
			 Rescuer: 8 contact hours for initial course or four (4) contact hours for
			 review/update course
19. Instructor
			 Course for CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer: 16 contact hours
20. International Trauma Life Support
(i) International Trauma Life Support-
			 Advanced Provider: 16 contact hours
(ii) International Trauma Life Support -
			 Instructor: 8 contact hours
(iii)
			 International Trauma Life Support Pediatric - Provider: 8 contact
			 hours
21. Neonatal
			 advanced life support or neonatal resuscitation program: The Board may
			 recognize the total contact hours awarded by a Board-approved or
			 Board-recognized provider.
(g) State Nurses Associations.
(h) Continuing education provided by colleges
			 and universities that are accredited by an organization recognized by the U.S.
			 Department of Education and have continuing education as part of their
			 mission.