The thirty contact hours of continuing education required for the two-year renewal of ARNP licensure must:

1. (1) Be acceptable to the certifying body identified in WAC 246-840-302(3);
2. (2) Be obtained from courses in which the contact hour is at least fifty minutes;
3. (3) Not include the fifteen hours of continuing education required for an ARNP with prescriptive authority as identified in WAC 246-840-450 (1)(b); and
4. (4) Not include the same course taken more than once during the renewal cycle.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.050, 18.79.110, and 18.79.160. WSR 16-08-042, § 246-840-361, filed 3/30/16, effective 4/30/16. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.79.010, [18.79.]050, [18.79.]110, and [18.79.]210. WSR 09-01-060, § 246-840-361, filed 12/11/08, effective 1/11/09.]