(a) Timeframe for meeting competency. - (i) If an applicant is renewing his or her license or certificate, competency shall be met during the renewal cycle.
- (ii) For those applicants seeking licensure or certification by endorsement, reactivation, reinstatement, relicensure/recertification, or returning to practice, competency shall be met during the timeframe identified prior to date of application.
(b) APRN. - (i) An APRN shall demonstrate continuing competency by submitting evidence of:
- (A) Current national certification as an APRN in the recognized role and population focus area; or
- (B) If recognized as an APRN in the State prior to January 1, 1999, and has maintained continuous licensure, but is not nationally certified, the APRN shall submit evidence of:
- (I) Sixty (60) hours of continuing education related to the APRN's recognized role and population focus area; and
- (II) Four hundred (400) hours of active nursing practice as an APRN during the last two (2) years.
- (ii) An APRN with prescriptive authority shall submit documentation of completion of fifteen (15) hours of continuing education in pharmacology and clinical management of drug therapy within the two (2) years prior to license expiration.
(c) RN/LPN/VN. - (i) ARN or LPN/VN shall demonstrate continuing competency bycompleting one of the following in the past two (2) years (waived during first renewal period if you were licensed by exam):
- (A) Four hundred (400) hours of active nursing practice; or
- (B) Two hundred (200) hours of active nursing practice; and fifteen (15) hours of continuing education; or
- (C) Thirty (30) hours of continuing education.
- (ii) If the applicant has not engaged in active nursing practice during the last five (5) years, the applicant shall:
- (A) Successfully complete a refresher course or the equivalent, accepted by the Board; or
- (B) Successfully complete a nursing education program that confers a degree beyond the applicant's basic nursing education; or
- (C) Obtain or maintain certification by a nationally recognized professional accrediting agency in a specialty area of nursing that is accepted by the Board; or
- (D) Successfully pass the NCLEX.
(d) CNA. - (i) A CNA shall demonstrate continuing competency by completing one of the following in the past two (2) years (waived during first renewal period if you were licensed by exam):
- (A) Four hundred (400) hours of employment in the CNA role; or
- (B) Two hundred (200) hours of employment in the CNA role and fifteen (15) hours of continuing education; or
- (C) Thirty (30) hours of continuing education.
- (ii) A CNA who is unable to meet competency shall be required to repeat the training and competency evaluation.
054-2 Wyo. Code R. § 2-13
Amended, Eff. 12/19/2018.