Mississippi Certified Nurse-Midwife license renewal and CE requirements
Mississippi nurse-midwives must complete 5 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Mississippi Board of Nursing.
Mississippi calls the credential a Certified Nurse-Midwife and issues it as one of three APRN role designations, on top of a Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate compact privilege. The board states that the APRN application, along with the registered nurse application, is renewed every two years during September to December of even numbered years, with the renewal fee charged in even numbered years. The continuing education that supports the renewal must fall inside the state certification period, which the board describes as 01/01 of the odd year to 12/31 of the even year. To renew, the nurse-midwife must hold a current Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate licensure privilege, submit the renewal application through the online license management system, pay the nonrefundable fee, submit updated formal collaborative agreements, and maintain documentation of current national certification as an APRN. If national certification lapses the APRN must notify the board and stop practicing immediately until it is renewed. Every Mississippi APRN, expressly including a CNM, must also register with the Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program simply to hold the license, whether or not they practice in the state or hold a DEA registration.
Summary
Mississippi nurse-midwives must complete 5 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Mississippi calls the credential a Certified Nurse-Midwife and issues it as one of three APRN role designations, on top of a Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate compact privilege. The board states that the APRN application, along with the registered nurse application, is renewed every two years during September to December of even numbered years, with the renewal fee charged in even numbered years. The continuing education that supports the renewal must fall inside the state certification period, which the board describes as 01/01 of the odd year to 12/31 of the even year. To renew, the nurse-midwife must hold a current Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate licensure privilege, submit the renewal application through the online license management system, pay the nonrefundable fee, submit updated formal collaborative agreements, and maintain documentation of current national certification as an APRN. If national certification lapses the APRN must notify the board and stop practicing immediately until it is renewed. Every Mississippi APRN, expressly including a CNM, must also register with the Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program simply to hold the license, whether or not they practice in the state or hold a DEA registration. Mississippi also mandates specific subjects. Continuing education directly related to controlled substances: 5 contact hours every renewal cycle (All APRNs, expressly including certified nurse-midwives, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. The board states that a CNM need not hold a DEA registration to hold the license, and the requirement still applies). The first renewal is exempt.
Mississippi Certified Nurse-Midwife renewal and continuing education rules
"Not stated" means the board's pages and rules we read do not address it. We do not fill in typical values.
| Renewal cycle | Two-year (24 months) |
|---|---|
| Renewal deadline | Same date for every licensee, 12/31 each cycle |
| Continuing education required | Yes |
| Hours per cycle | 5 contact hours |
| Self-study or online cap | No cap stated |
| Carryover to next cycle | Not stated |
| First renewal exempt | Yes |
| Other accepted activities | Achievement, maintenance and renewal of national certification in a designated area of practice by a national certification organization recognized by the board, which the board states shall satisfy the general continuing education requirement |
Mississippi is unusual in two directions at once. It mandates no continuing education for the underlying registered nurse license: the board states that the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law does not require CEUs to renew or maintain a registered nurse or practical nurse license, and that the only registered nurse continuing education duty, 20 contact hours in the previous two years, falls on a nurse who has been out of practice for more than five years and is renewing, endorsing or reinstating. Title 30 Mississippi Administrative Code Part 2815 on continuing education was repealed by the board in February 2020. At the same time it imposes one hard advanced practice figure that cannot be met by certification: a minimum of five contact hours of continuing education directly related to controlled substances per state certification period. The board states twice that this requirement applies to all APRNs, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. The five hours are therefore recorded as the cycle total, and nurse-midwife continuing education in Mississippi neither stacks on nor replaces a registered nurse requirement, because there is no general registered nurse requirement to stack on. For everything other than those five hours the board accepts certification in place of hours: it directs the APRN to engage in continuing education activities designed to improve knowledge, skill and ability, then states that achievement, maintenance and renewal of a national certification recognized by the board shall satisfy that requirement. For a nurse-midwife that certification is from the American Midwifery Certification Board, and the AMCB Certificate Maintenance Program totals are deliberately not recorded in the hour figure. An APRN who graduated from an accredited master's degree or higher APRN program within the last two years is exempt from the five hour controlled substance requirement for the first renewal of state certification only.
Required CE topics for Mississippi certified nurse-midwifes
State-specific subject mandates. Where a mandate applies only to some licensees, the scope is listed.
| Topic | Hours | Frequency | Applies to | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuing education directly related to controlled substancesA minimum of five contact hours of continuing education directly related to controlled substances per state certification period. Certificates are uploaded in PDF format through CE Broker as evidence, within the renewal cycle running 01/01 of the odd year to 12/31 of the even year. The board may conduct periodic audits and an audited APRN must submit certificates, transcripts or other documentation within ten business days. Failure to comply may lead to disciplinary action or other administrative sanction. APRNs who graduated from an accredited master's degree or higher APRN program within the last two years are exempt for the first renewal of state certification only. This is the whole of the state's advanced practice hour requirement, which is why the same figure appears both here and in hours_per_cycle. | 5 contact hours | Every renewal | All APRNs, expressly including certified nurse-midwives, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. The board states that a CNM need not hold a DEA registration to hold the license, and the requirement still applies | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2840; Miss. Code Ann. 73-15-20 |
Documentation and audit
| Proof submitted at renewal | Yes |
|---|---|
| Keep records for | Not stated |
| Board audits compliance | Yes |
| Approved providers | The board names no approved provider list for the controlled substance hours; the rule requires only that the continuing education be directly related to controlled substances. Documents are handled through CE Broker: the APRN registers for a basic user account, uploads the national board certification document as a PDF, and uploads certificates in PDF format as evidence of the five controlled substance hours within the renewal cycle. The board states that during renewal season all APRNs should upload through CE Broker their active national APRN certification and proof of the five hours, so evidence is filed at renewal rather than only on request. The board may still conduct periodic audits, and an APRN notified of an audit must submit certificates, transcripts or other documentation within ten business days. The pages read state no licensee record retention period. |
Common questions
- How many CE hours does a Mississippi CNM need to renew?
- Mississippi nurse-midwives must complete 5 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Mississippi is unusual in two directions at once. It mandates no continuing education for the underlying registered nurse license: the board states that the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law does not require CEUs to renew or maintain a registered nurse or practical nurse license, and that the only registered nurse continuing education duty, 20 contact hours in the previous two years, falls on a nurse who has been out of practice for more than five years and is renewing, endorsing or reinstating. Title 30 Mississippi Administrative Code Part 2815 on continuing education was repealed by the board in February 2020. At the same time it imposes one hard advanced practice figure that cannot be met by certification: a minimum of five contact hours of continuing education directly related to controlled substances per state certification period. The board states twice that this requirement applies to all APRNs, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. The five hours are therefore recorded as the cycle total, and nurse-midwife continuing education in Mississippi neither stacks on nor replaces a registered nurse requirement, because there is no general registered nurse requirement to stack on. For everything other than those five hours the board accepts certification in place of hours: it directs the APRN to engage in continuing education activities designed to improve knowledge, skill and ability, then states that achievement, maintenance and renewal of a national certification recognized by the board shall satisfy that requirement. For a nurse-midwife that certification is from the American Midwifery Certification Board, and the AMCB Certificate Maintenance Program totals are deliberately not recorded in the hour figure. An APRN who graduated from an accredited master's degree or higher APRN program within the last two years is exempt from the five hour controlled substance requirement for the first renewal of state certification only.
- How often does a Mississippi CNM license need to be renewed?
- Certified Nurse-Midwife licenses in Mississippi renew every two years. Mississippi calls the credential a Certified Nurse-Midwife and issues it as one of three APRN role designations, on top of a Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate compact privilege. The board states that the APRN application, along with the registered nurse application, is renewed every two years during September to December of even numbered years, with the renewal fee charged in even numbered years. The continuing education that supports the renewal must fall inside the state certification period, which the board describes as 01/01 of the odd year to 12/31 of the even year. To renew, the nurse-midwife must hold a current Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate licensure privilege, submit the renewal application through the online license management system, pay the nonrefundable fee, submit updated formal collaborative agreements, and maintain documentation of current national certification as an APRN. If national certification lapses the APRN must notify the board and stop practicing immediately until it is renewed. Every Mississippi APRN, expressly including a CNM, must also register with the Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program simply to hold the license, whether or not they practice in the state or hold a DEA registration.
- What specific CE topics are required for Mississippi nurse-midwives?
- Continuing education directly related to controlled substances: 5 contact hours every renewal cycle (All APRNs, expressly including certified nurse-midwives, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. The board states that a CNM need not hold a DEA registration to hold the license, and the requirement still applies). Citations: continuing education directly related to controlled substances (30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2840; Miss. Code Ann. 73-15-20).
- Do Mississippi nurse-midwives have to submit CE certificates at renewal?
- Proof of completion must be submitted with the renewal and the board audits a sample of renewals and asks for documentation. The board names no approved provider list for the controlled substance hours; the rule requires only that the continuing education be directly related to controlled substances. Documents are handled through CE Broker: the APRN registers for a basic user account, uploads the national board certification document as a PDF, and uploads certificates in PDF format as evidence of the five controlled substance hours within the renewal cycle. The board states that during renewal season all APRNs should upload through CE Broker their active national APRN certification and proof of the five hours, so evidence is filed at renewal rather than only on request. The board may still conduct periodic audits, and an APRN notified of an audit must submit certificates, transcripts or other documentation within ten business days. The pages read state no licensee record retention period.
- Is the first Mississippi CNM renewal exempt from CE?
- Yes. Mississippi does not require continuing education for a CNM's first renewal.
Sources
Last verified September 10, 2026. Every value above was read from one of these.
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Mississippi Board of Nursing (APRN role designations, renewal in September to December of even numbered years, renewal conditions, five controlled substance hours, PMP registration)State board page, accessed September 10, 2026
- Are CEUs required in order to maintain a nursing license, Mississippi Board of Nursing (repeal of Part 2815, APRN requirements, CE Broker, audit, first renewal exemption)State board page, accessed September 10, 2026
- Are continuing education units required to maintain or renew a RN and/or LPN license, Mississippi Board of NursingState board page, accessed September 10, 2026
- Mississippi Board of Nursing homepageState board page, accessed September 10, 2026
Mississippi follows the common pattern: the Board of Nursing issues the APRN state certification, with no board of midwifery and no medical board role in the credential itself, though the state does require every APRN including a CNM to have at least one collaborative physician for each practice site. That the rules read govern the nurse-midwife rather than a certified professional midwife or a direct entry midwife was established from the board's own text: the board names Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) as one of three APRN role designations alongside Certified Nurse Practitioner and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, requires an official transcript from an accredited master's or higher nursing program preparing nurses for that role, and requires the applicant to hold a Mississippi registered nurse license or a multistate compact privilege. The CNM is named individually in the fee schedule, in the collaborative physician rule and in the Prescription Monitoring Program registration requirement, so the scoping is explicit rather than inferred. AMCB certification does both jobs here, which is why it is described twice: it is a renewal condition, since the APRN must maintain documentation of current national certification and must stop practicing if it lapses, and it also substitutes for the general continuing education duty, since the board states that achievement, maintenance and renewal of a recognized national certification shall satisfy that requirement. The one thing it does not satisfy is the five controlled substance hours, which the board states apply to all APRNs irrespective of prescriptive authority. That scoping is the opposite of the usual prescriber carve out and is the reason the topic is recorded with no prescriber condition. The figure matches the state's nurse practitioner and nurse anesthetist records. No general registered nurse continuing education requirement exists to layer with, so the layering question does not arise in Mississippi. No human trafficking, implicit bias, suicide prevention, ethics or jurisprudence mandate was found. The renewal basis is recorded as fixed_date with a December 31 deadline because the board describes a fixed renewal window of September to December in even numbered years rather than a date keyed to the licensee. 30 Mississippi Administrative Code Part 2840, the APRN rule the board cites, is not published as HTML on an official Mississippi host that could be reached, so the rule citation in the mandatory topic is recorded from the board's own reference to it rather than from the rule text; every substantive value in this record was read on the board's own site.
Provided for general reference. Requirements change through legislative sessions and rulemaking, so confirm with the Mississippi Board of Nursing before relying on them for a renewal. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.