The 2025 Ohio nursing license renewal requirements exist for good reason. Our nurses must keep up as best practices evolve, so they are empowered to provide the highest level of care for their patients.Â
However, we know you are facing burnout, staffing shortages and the high demands of a complex healthcare system. Nursing CE Central offers quick, effective courses that earn Ohio nursing CEUs.Â
LPNs have until Oct. 31, 2026, to renew their license with the state of Ohio without incurring additional renewal costs.
LPNS must complete 24 contact hours of CE to renew a nursing license . One hour must cover the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, category A.
Insider Tip: Nursing CE Central’s 2025 Ohio Online License Renewal Bundle meets all state CEU requirements in an easy, read and click-to-complete, course.
RNs and APRNs are required to complete CE for the 2025 Ohio license renewal period.
Newly licensed LPNs don’t need to complete continuing education units for their first renewal of a nursing license.
Yes. You need to complete a test for the Ohio Nurse Practice Act course to fulfill the CE requirements for license renewal.
Yes. Nursing CE Central’s NPA course is approved and directly accredited by the Ohio Nurses Association.
(Approved by the Ohio Nurses Association – Provider Number: OBN-001-91)
No. You’re not required to submit documentation at the time of renewal. However, RNs and APRNs must complete all CE by the Oct. 31, 2025, deadline. LPNs have until Oct. 31, 2026.
The board requires that you maintain a copy of all CE documentation for a minimum of six years in the event of an audit. You’re required to send this documentation to the board within 60 days of any audit notice you receive.
(Insider Tip: NCC keeps lifetime, digital copies of all completed nursing continuing education to help RNs and LPNs quickly and thoroughly retrieve them during an audit.)
The early RN license renewal deadline is Sept. 15, 2025, at a rate of $65, but you can renew by Oct. 31, 2025, for $115.
The early APRN license renewal deadline is Sept. 15, 2025, at a rate of $135, but you can renew by Oct. 31, 2025, for $185.
The early LPN license renewal deadline is Sept. 15, 2026. Nurses can also renew by Oct. 31, 2026, but will need to pay a $50 late processing fee.
The board recommends early nursing license renewal to avoid additional costs and the potential of a lapsed license.
You’ll need to complete your CE, fill out the online Ohio nursing license renewal application, and attest to CE completion. A valid method of payment will be needed.
If you miss the Oct. 31, 2025, deadline, your license will become inactive, and you will not be allowed to work in Ohio until you submit a license reinstatement application through the Ohio eLicense portal.
Visit the elicense Ohio professional licensure system website and look at the listed date of expiration. If the year listed is ‘2024,’ your renewal application isn’t complete, or you have not yet placed your license on ‘inactive’ status.
You can contact the board at 614-466-3947, online, or at the following location:
17 South High Street #660
Columbus, OH 43215
Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.
Visit our Ohio nursing license renewal page for more information or to enroll for an Ohio nursing license renewal bundle today!
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