Certificates, Credits and Licensing

Which certificate, which credits and which license rule apply to you before you pay for a course? The nine questions below are written for clinicians around Morristown, New Jersey, including those who also price courses in the wider metro market across the river, and they follow the order those questions tend to come up.

What a published rule says about credit

The Legal Information Institute publishes New Jersey administrative code § 13:37-5.3. Its text says that each applicant for biennial active license renewal "shall complete, during the preceding biennial period, a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education". The full text is at New Jersey Administrative Code § 13:37-5.3 on continuing education.

The count belongs to the license it was written for, so match it to your own license before you plan a course budget. For certification through NCCPA, its Become Certified page is the publisher's own entry point.

Licensing and credit questions, from supervision to PA certification

1. Can registered nurses inject Botox under supervision? asks who may inject, and under what oversight.
2. Who accredits continuing medical education providers? asks which body stands behind a provider's credit.
3. Does the ACCME accredit individual courses? asks whether accreditation attaches to a provider or to a single course.
4. Do AMA-recognized CME courses count for New Jersey nurses? asks whether one kind of credit transfers to another license.
5. How many CME credits do New Jersey physicians need? looks at the physician count.
6. Can New Jersey physicians apply excess CME credits later? asks whether extra credits carry over.
7. Can New Jersey nurses carry extra CE hours forward? asks the same for nurses.
8. How often must the CANS certification be renewed? looks at the renewal schedule for that certification.
9. How do physician assistants keep certification current? looks at the same task for physician assistants.

The credit check that costs most when skipped

Start with whether AMA-recognized CME courses count for New Jersey nurses. A course paid for before you confirm its credit counts toward your own renewal buys less than you planned, and that is the small detail that costs the most to find late.