Mississippi Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist license renewal and CE requirements

Summary

Mississippi nurse anesthetists 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 State Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, issued in the CRNA role, and it is renewed in even-numbered years for a fee of $100. The board describes the renewal cycle as running from January 1 of the odd year through December 31 of the even year, so the certification expires December 31 of an even-numbered year. Renewal is filed through the board's Nurse Gateway. A CRNA must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in Mississippi or hold a multistate licensure privilege to practise in Mississippi, submit the renewal application and fee, submit updated formal collaborative agreements, and maintain documentation of current national certification as an APRN from a board recognized national certification organization. If national certification lapses the CRNA must notify the board and stop practising immediately until it is renewed. During renewal season the APRN uploads the active national certification and proof of the five controlled substance continuing education hours through CE Broker. Mississippi also mandates specific subjects. Continuing education directly related to controlled substances: 5 contact hours every renewal cycle (All APRNs, expressly including certified registered nurse anesthetists, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority and regardless of whether the APRN holds a DEA registration. Mississippi states that CRNAs do not have prescriptive authority in the state, and the requirement reaches them anyway). The first renewal is exempt.

Mississippi Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist renewal and continuing education rules

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Mississippi sets no general contact hour total for advanced practice nurses and nothing is layered underneath either: the board states that the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law does not mandate continuing education units as a prerequisite to renewing or maintaining an RN or LPN licence. The general APRN continuing education obligation is stated as engaging in activities designed to improve the APRN's knowledge, skill and ability levels, and the board says that achieving, maintaining and renewing a recognized national certification satisfies it. The only state hour count is a minimum of five contact hours of continuing education directly related to controlled substances per State Certification Period, and this is the point where Mississippi is explicit about nurse anesthetists: the board writes that CRNAs do not have prescriptive authority in Mississippi, and then states twice that the APRN, naming NP, CRNA and CNM, must maintain the five hours regardless of whether the APRN holds a DEA registration, and that the requirement applies to all APRNs irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. So this is a prescriber shaped mandate that Mississippi deliberately extends to non-prescribing nurse anesthetists, and the figure matches the state's nurse practitioner record. APRNs who graduated from an accredited master's degree or higher APRN program within the last two years are exempt from the five hour requirement for the first renewal of State Certification only. Mississippi does not adopt NBCRNA Continued Professional Certification credit totals as its requirement; national certification is a renewal condition and a way of meeting the general activity requirement, and its four year cycle does not line up with the state's two year certification period. An RN or LPN who has been out of practice more than five years must complete a minimum of 20 contact hours of accepted continuing education earned in the previous two years before reactivating, but that is a reactivation rule rather than a renewal requirement.

Required CE topics for Mississippi certified registered nurse anesthetists

State-specific subject mandates. Where a mandate applies only to some licensees, the scope is listed.

Documentation and audit

Common questions

How many CE hours does a Mississippi CRNA need to renew?

Mississippi nurse anesthetists must complete 5 contact hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license with the Mississippi Board of Nursing. Mississippi sets no general contact hour total for advanced practice nurses and nothing is layered underneath either: the board states that the Mississippi Nursing Practice Law does not mandate continuing education units as a prerequisite to renewing or maintaining an RN or LPN licence. The general APRN continuing education obligation is stated as engaging in activities designed to improve the APRN's knowledge, skill and ability levels, and the board says that achieving, maintaining and renewing a recognized national certification satisfies it. The only state hour count is a minimum of five contact hours of continuing education directly related to controlled substances per State Certification Period, and this is the point where Mississippi is explicit about nurse anesthetists: the board writes that CRNAs do not have prescriptive authority in Mississippi, and then states twice that the APRN, naming NP, CRNA and CNM, must maintain the five hours regardless of whether the APRN holds a DEA registration, and that the requirement applies to all APRNs irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. So this is a prescriber shaped mandate that Mississippi deliberately extends to non-prescribing nurse anesthetists, and the figure matches the state's nurse practitioner record. APRNs who graduated from an accredited master's degree or higher APRN program within the last two years are exempt from the five hour requirement for the first renewal of State Certification only. Mississippi does not adopt NBCRNA Continued Professional Certification credit totals as its requirement; national certification is a renewal condition and a way of meeting the general activity requirement, and its four year cycle does not line up with the state's two year certification period. An RN or LPN who has been out of practice more than five years must complete a minimum of 20 contact hours of accepted continuing education earned in the previous two years before reactivating, but that is a reactivation rule rather than a renewal requirement.

How often does a Mississippi CRNA license need to be renewed?

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist licenses in Mississippi renew every two years. Mississippi calls the credential a State Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, issued in the CRNA role, and it is renewed in even-numbered years for a fee of $100. The board describes the renewal cycle as running from January 1 of the odd year through December 31 of the even year, so the certification expires December 31 of an even-numbered year. Renewal is filed through the board's Nurse Gateway. A CRNA must be currently licensed as a registered nurse in Mississippi or hold a multistate licensure privilege to practise in Mississippi, submit the renewal application and fee, submit updated formal collaborative agreements, and maintain documentation of current national certification as an APRN from a board recognized national certification organization. If national certification lapses the CRNA must notify the board and stop practising immediately until it is renewed. During renewal season the APRN uploads the active national certification and proof of the five controlled substance continuing education hours through CE Broker.

What specific CE topics are required for Mississippi nurse anesthetists?

Continuing education directly related to controlled substances: 5 contact hours every renewal cycle (All APRNs, expressly including certified registered nurse anesthetists, irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority and regardless of whether the APRN holds a DEA registration. Mississippi states that CRNAs do not have prescriptive authority in the state, and the requirement reaches them anyway).

Do Mississippi nurse anesthetists 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 APRN registers for a basic user account with CE Broker to manage continuing education documents, and during renewal season uploads the active national APRN certification and PDF certificates evidencing the five controlled substance contact hours. The board may conduct periodic audits; on notification of an audit the APRN submits any certificates, transcripts or other documentation evidencing compliance within ten business days, and failure to comply may lead to disciplinary action or other administrative sanction. The board names no approved provider list for the controlled substance hours in the pages read, and states no licensee record retention period.

Is the first Mississippi CRNA renewal exempt from CE?

Yes. Mississippi does not require continuing education for a CRNA's first renewal.

Sources

Last verified September 8, 2026. Every value above was read from one of these.

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Mississippi Board of Nursing (APRN licensure and renewal instructions, CRNA prescriptive authority statement, five controlled substance contact hours, collaborative agreement and PMP requirements)State board page, accessed September 8, 2026
• Continuing Education, Mississippi Board of Nursing (CE Broker, five controlled substance contact hours, renewal cycle dates, first renewal exemption, audit response time)State board page, accessed September 8, 2026
• Licensure FAQs, Mississippi Board of Nursing (no continuing education units required to renew an RN or LPN licence; 20 hour reactivation rule after five years out of practice)State board page, accessed September 8, 2026

Mississippi does not issue a distinct CRNA licence; it issues a State Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the certified registered nurse anesthetist role on top of a Mississippi RN licence or a compact multistate privilege, and the board's fee schedule lists initial APRN certification for CNP, CRNA and CNM together. The board's APRN page is unusually explicit about nurse anesthetists, which is what makes this record differ from the state's nurse practitioner record in reasoning even though the hour figure is the same. It states flatly that CRNAs do not have prescriptive authority in Mississippi, and then extends the controlled substance continuing education requirement to them anyway: the APRN, naming NP, CRNA and CNM, is required to maintain five hours of continuing education for controlled substances or scheduled medications regardless of whether the APRN holds a DEA registration, and the requirement applies to all APRNs irrespective of controlled substance prescriptive authority. It also states that a CRNA must register for the Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program simply to hold an APRN licence in Mississippi, even without a DEA registration and even if not practising in the state, and that all APRNs including CRNAs must have at least one collaborative physician for each practice site, with the board noting a licensed dentist in the case of a CRNA. Every value here was read on the board's own site, which is the official host. Two gaps. First, the mandatory topic carries no statutory citation: 30 Miss. Admin. Code Part 2840 was not read, because the board publishes its rules as PDF files and the no download rule excludes them, so the citation is left null rather than guessed. Second, the board's homepage at https://www.msbn.ms.gov/ timed out repeatedly during this pass, so board_url points at the APRN page, which was read, rather than at a page that could not be reached; a person may want to confirm the homepage is up. The topic key controlled_substances is outside the canonical list, chosen because opioid_prescribing would misstate a requirement the board expressly detaches from prescribing. Mississippi mandates no other continuing education subjects for nurses and repealed its general nursing continuing education rule, so no further topics are recorded.