CE Requirements for Licensed Practical Nurses in Kentucky

Kentucky LPNs are required to earn fourteen (14) contact hours of continuing education from an approved provider of CE each year to renew their license.

• One-time requirements:
  •  All LPNs must complete a minimum of two (2) contact hours in suicide prevention, including one (1) contact hour in suicide prevention generally, and one (1) contact hour that addresses chronic stress, pathways to care, systems of care, and ethical considerations.
  • All LPNs must complete a minimum of one-and-a-half (1.5) contact hours in implicit bias that addresses the impact of historical racism, methods of identifying implicit bias, and measure to reduce implicit bias.
  • LPNs may apply these contact hours to their annual CE requirements for the earning period in which they are completed.
  • Three (3) contact hours on domestic violence. These hours may count as part of the required 14 contact hours of CE needed for licensure renewal and must be completed one time within the first 3 years of licensure.
  • One and one-half (1.5) contact hours Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome). These hours may count as part of the required 14 contact hours of CE needed for licensure renewal and must be completed one time within the first 3 years of licensure.
  • Prior to performing infusion therapy, LPNs must complete education and training related to the scope of infusion therapy for an LPN.