Nursing CE by state · Delaware
Delaware nursing CE: what the board asks for
Delaware RNs complete 30 contact hours and LPNs 24 each biennium, and Delaware accepts providers approved by another U.S. board of nursing that belongs to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Who may approve your CE
What Delaware’s rule says
“An organization approved as a provider by a Board of Nursing of another U.S. jurisdiction or territory and which is a member of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing”
24 Del. Admin. Code 1900-9.1 (definitions: 'Approved provider', 'Contact hour'), 9.3.2, 9.3.6 (as updated 2-1-2025) · Read the rule at the source
The requirement
RNs: 30 contact hours
LPNs: 24 contact hours
Cycle: Every 2 years
Delaware Board of Nursing (Division of Professional Regulation)
Read this before you count our hours
What to know in Delaware
- Delaware counts a contact hour as 60 minutes. Our courses are measured in 50-minute hours, so each course counts for less in Delaware.
- Inside the total, every nurse needs at least 3 hours on substance abuse and 1 hour on recognizing abuse, exploitation, human trafficking or domestic violence.
- Nurses licensed by examination during the biennium are exempt for that biennium.
A topic Delaware names
Substance abuse — 3 hours
Delaware requires 3 contact hours on substance abuse each biennium. We do not offer a course written for this topic at the moment, so look for one that is, and confirm with the Delaware Board of Nursing before you count it.
Before you buy anything
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a course satisfies your Delaware requirement. Your board decides that, and an audit lands on your license, not on us.
What we can do is show you the rule, quoted or cited, and linked, and tell you plainly where our courses stand. Each of our RN & LPN course pages states the continuing-education approval that course carries, and that statement applies only to the course it appears on.
If anything here is unclear for your situation, ask your board before you enroll. Keep every certificate and the course description; the description is what shows an auditor what the course covered.
Read the rule yourself
24 Del. Admin. Code 1900-9.1 (definitions: 'Approved provider', 'Contact hour'), 9.3.2, 9.3.6 (as updated 2-1-2025)
Delaware Board of Nursing (Division of Professional Regulation)
When we read it
We read the rule on 29 September 2026. Rules change; the board’s current text governs.
Ready to look at courses?
Read each course page against what your board asks for, then choose.