Wyoming Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist license renewal and CE requirements

Summary

Wyoming does not require continuing education for CRNA license renewal, which happens every two years. The board renews all nursing licensure and certificates biennially in every even numbered calendar year under Wyoming Statute 33-21-129. The renewal period opens October 1 and closes December 31 of the renewal year, so the 2026 window runs October 1 to December 31, 2026. An advanced practice registered nurse renewal requires current national certification in the role and population focus, and a licensee who holds prescriptive authority uploads proof of the three hour controlled substance continuing education at the same time. Wyoming also mandates specific subjects. Responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders: 3 hours every renewal cycle (advanced practice registered nurses who hold prescriptive authority).

Wyoming Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist renewal and continuing education rules

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Wyoming states it plainly on its renewal page: Wyoming does not have any mandatory continuing education, and continuing education is an optional competency. What an advanced practice registered nurse must show at renewal instead is current national certification in the role and population focus, which is a credentialing condition rather than an hour count, so a Wyoming nurse anesthetist's real obligation runs through the NBCRNA Continued Professional Certification program on its own four year clock rather than through a state hour total. Nothing in the board's pages adopts the NBCRNA credit totals as a Wyoming requirement, so none are recorded here. The one exception to the no mandatory continuing education rule is scoped to prescribing: the board's Administrative Rules and Regulations require each advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority to document three hours of continuing education related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or the treatment of substance abuse disorders, and to upload proof of completion of courses specific to that requirement at renewal. Wyoming is a full independent scope of practice state that has followed the national APRN Consensus Model of Regulation since its adoption in 2007, licensing independent practitioners in one of the four APRN roles within at least one of six population foci, and it does not require an advanced practice registered nurse to hold an additional Wyoming registered nurse license so long as the nurse holds an active Wyoming registered nurse license or an active multistate registered nurse license from a compact home state. The board accepts continuing education from a range of accredited providers including the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Required CE topics for Wyoming 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 Wyoming CRNA need to renew?

Wyoming does not require continuing education for CRNA license renewal, which happens every two years. Wyoming states it plainly on its renewal page: Wyoming does not have any mandatory continuing education, and continuing education is an optional competency. What an advanced practice registered nurse must show at renewal instead is current national certification in the role and population focus, which is a credentialing condition rather than an hour count, so a Wyoming nurse anesthetist's real obligation runs through the NBCRNA Continued Professional Certification program on its own four year clock rather than through a state hour total. Nothing in the board's pages adopts the NBCRNA credit totals as a Wyoming requirement, so none are recorded here. The one exception to the no mandatory continuing education rule is scoped to prescribing: the board's Administrative Rules and Regulations require each advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority to document three hours of continuing education related to the responsible prescribing of controlled substances or the treatment of substance abuse disorders, and to upload proof of completion of courses specific to that requirement at renewal. Wyoming is a full independent scope of practice state that has followed the national APRN Consensus Model of Regulation since its adoption in 2007, licensing independent practitioners in one of the four APRN roles within at least one of six population foci, and it does not require an advanced practice registered nurse to hold an additional Wyoming registered nurse license so long as the nurse holds an active Wyoming registered nurse license or an active multistate registered nurse license from a compact home state. The board accepts continuing education from a range of accredited providers including the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

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

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist licenses in Wyoming renew every two years. The board renews all nursing licensure and certificates biennially in every even numbered calendar year under Wyoming Statute 33-21-129. The renewal period opens October 1 and closes December 31 of the renewal year, so the 2026 window runs October 1 to December 31, 2026. An advanced practice registered nurse renewal requires current national certification in the role and population focus, and a licensee who holds prescriptive authority uploads proof of the three hour controlled substance continuing education at the same time.

What specific CE topics are required for Wyoming nurse anesthetists?

Responsible prescribing of controlled substances or treatment of substance abuse disorders: 3 hours every renewal cycle (advanced practice registered nurses who hold prescriptive authority).

Do Wyoming nurse anesthetists have to submit CE certificates at renewal?

Proof of completion must be submitted with the renewal. Wyoming accepts continuing education from a range of accredited providers named on the board's education page, including the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Proof of completion of the three hour controlled substance courses is uploaded at renewal.

Sources

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

• Renewal, Wyoming State Board of NursingState board page, accessed September 8, 2026
• Practice, Wyoming State Board of NursingState board page, accessed September 8, 2026
• Education, Wyoming State Board of NursingState board page, accessed September 8, 2026
• Licensing, Wyoming State Board of NursingState board page, accessed September 8, 2026

Both core values sit on the board's own site: the biennial even year cycle with the October 1 to December 31 window and the statement that Wyoming has no mandatory continuing education were read on wsbn.wyo.gov/renewal, and the three hour controlled substance requirement was read there and again on the practice and education pages. One gap should be stated plainly. None of the board's public pages that were read names the certified registered nurse anesthetist role in words. The practice page says Wyoming licenses independent practitioners at one of the four APRN roles within at least one of six identified population foci and follows the national APRN Consensus Model of Regulation, and the education page lists the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology among accepted continuing education providers, but neither states outright that a nurse anesthetist holds a Wyoming APRN license. The board's Administrative Rules and Regulations, including Chapter 2 on licensing and certification requirements, are distributed only as Google Drive documents that the no download rule excludes, and the Wyoming Legislature's statute pages are single page applications that returned no text to any client tried, so 33-21-120 could not be read either. The renewal and continuing education facts recorded here are the board's own facts for advanced practice registered nurses generally, and a nurse anesthetist should confirm role recognition with the board if the point matters. required is recorded as false because that is the board's own framing of its general rule; the three hour prescribing item is carried in mandatory topics with its scope so that a reader who prescribes still sees it. No retention period and no audit process were stated on the pages read.