- (a) A volunteer license shall be renewed biennially on forms provided by the Board. In accordance with section 6(c) of the Volunteer Health Services Act (35 P.S. § 449.46(c)), a volunteer license holder shall comply with the applicable continuing education requirements imposed by the Board, including at least 2 hours of training in approved child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 21.508(b) (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting—mandatory training requirement), and if the licensee is renewing a prescriptive authority approval and holds a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration or is utilizing the DEA registration of another, at least 2 hours of Board-approved continuing education in pain management, the identification of addiction or the practices of prescribing or dispensing opioids, in the 2 years prior to renewal. If required, this education shall be completed once per renewal regardless of the number of prescriptive authority approvals being renewed. The applicant shall be exempt from payment of the biennial renewal fee of § 21.5, § 21.147 or § 21.253 (relating to fees), as applicable.
- (b) Effective May 1, 2026, the licensee shall verify completion of at least 2 of the 30 hours in Board-approved continuing education in organ and tissue donation and recovery process in accordance with § 21.131(a.1) (relating to continuing education) within 5 years of licensure renewal. Licensees who obtain licensure on or after the effective date shall verify completion of the 2 hours within 5 years of initial licensure.
Authority
The provisions of this § 21.605 amended under section 2.1(k) of The Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. § 222.1(k)); section 17.6 of the Practical Nurse Law (63 P.S. § 667.6); section 9.1 of the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act (35 P.S. § 872.9a); sections 1—9 of the Safe Emergency Prescribing Act (35 P.S. § § 873.1—873.9); 20 Pa.C.S. § 8628; and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
Source
The provisions of this § 21.605 amended March 25, 2022, effective March 26, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 1916; amended October 31, 2025, effective November 1, 2025, 55 Pa.B. 7504. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (409299).