Colorado Registered Nurse

Colorado does not require continuing education hours for Registered Nurse renewal — licensees attest to continued competency at each cycle. Renewals are due September 30 of odd or even-numbered years, with the renewal year determined by initial issuance date; sixty-day grace period applies after expiration. Reinstatement: a license expired or inactive for two-to-five years must demonstrate competency, typically through twenty contact hours of continuing education for each two years inactive; a license expired or inactive for five or more years requires a Board-recognized refresher course (at least 240 combined theory and clinical contact hours). The two-hour substance use prevention training in Rule 1.23 / C.R.S. 12-30-114 applies only to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Certified Midwives with prescriptive authority, not to standard RNs. Rule: 3 CCR 716-1 §§ 1.1, 1.23.