Illinois

Illinois Continuing Education Requirements

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Illinois Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

CEs not required.

Must work as a CNA for a minimum of 8 consecutive hours for pay within the immediate 24 months prior to employer competency evaluation.

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Department of Public Health

Phone: 844-789-3676 Fax: 217-524-0137 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield 62761

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Illinois Registered Nurse (RN)

Illinois Requires

20 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

20 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

RNs shall complete twenty (20) contact hours of approved continuing education every two (2) for licensure renewal.

Special Requirements

Implicit Bias: One (1) contact hour in implicit bias awareness training.
Sexual harassment prevention One (1) contact hour on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training. This CE requirement is included in the number of hours already required under the individual Acts and Rules and does not increase the number of hours required to renew a license.
Alzheimer’s: RNs who provide health care services to and have direct patient interaction with adults 26 years of age and older will be required to complete a one (1) hour course in diagnosis, treatment and care of Alzheimer's disease, along with other dementia types. This course may count toward the regular CE requirements.
Mandated Reporter: Nurses who work with children in their professional or official capacities must complete mandated reporter training at least every six (6) years. Starting January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives licensure from the Department, they can use the training towards meeting their required continuing education hours. This training is provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Required Courses

Required Courses Not Provided by CEUfast

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Training for Mandated Reporters - Provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

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Illinois Nursing Workforce Center

Phone: 888-687-7307 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 555 West Monroe Street
Suite #500
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Illinois Requires

20 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

20 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

LPNs shall complete twenty (20) contact hours of approved continuing education every two (2) for licensure renewal.

Special Requirements

Implicit Bias: One (1) contact hour in implicit bias awareness training.
Sexual harassment prevention One (1) contact hour on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training. This CE requirement is included in the number of hours already required under the individual Acts and Rules and does not increase the number of hours required to renew a license.
Alzheimer’s: LPNs who provide health care services to and have direct patient interaction with adults 26 years of age and older will be required to complete a one (1) hour course in diagnosis, treatment and care of Alzheimer's disease, along with other dementia types. This course may count toward the regular CE requirements.
Mandated Reporter: Nurses who work with children in their professional or official capacities must complete mandated reporter training at least every six (6) years. Starting January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives licensure from the Department, they can use the training towards meeting their required continuing education hours. This training is provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Required Courses

Required Courses Not Provided by CEUfast

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Training for Mandated Reporters - Provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

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Illinois Nursing Workforce Center

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th Floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

Illinois Requires

80 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

80 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

APRNs shall earn eighty (80) contact hours of continuing education every two years for licensure renewal.

Special Requirements

The 80 hours of continuing education required shall be completed as follows:

Of these eighty (80) hours, a minimum of fifty (50) hours of the continuing education shall be obtained in continuing education programs that shall include no less than twenty (20) hours of pharmacotherapeutics, including ten (10) hours of opioid prescribing or substance abuse education.
Of these eighty (80) hours, a maximum of thirty (30) hours of credit may be obtained by presentations in the APRN's clinical specialty, evidence-based practice, or quality improvement projects, publications, research projects, or preceptor hours.

Required CEUs:

Implicit Bias: One (1) contact hour in implicit bias awareness training.
Sexual harassment prevention One (1) contact hour on the topic of sexual harassment prevention training. This CE requirement is included in the number of hours already required under the individual Acts and Rules and does not increase the number of hours required to renew a license.
Alzheimer’s: APRNs who provide health care services to and have direct patient interaction with adults 26 years of age and older will be required to complete a one (1) hour course in diagnosis, treatment and care of Alzheimer's disease, along with other dementia types. This course may count toward the regular CE requirements.
Mandated Reporter: Nurses who work with children in their professional or official capacities must complete mandated reporter training at least every six (6) years. Starting January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives licensure from the Department, they can use the training towards meeting their required continuing education hours. This training is provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Prescribers with Controlled Substances Registrations are required to complete three (3) hours of continuing education (CE) on safe opioid prescribing practices to renew their Controlled Substances Registration. This requirement can be included in the total number of hours required to renew a professional license.

Required Courses

Required Courses Not Provided by CEUfast

Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Training for Mandated Reporters - Provided for free from the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

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Complete all Illinois Required ARNP CEs

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Illinois Nursing Workforce Center

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th Floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Physical Therapist (PT)

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

PTs shall earn forty (40) contact hours of continuing education every two years for licensure renewal.

CEUfast is not an Continuing education sponsor with state board.

Some Courses Provided

20 hours of the web-based courses

Special Requirements

Ethics: Three (3) contact hours
Sexual Harassment Prevention: One (1) contact hour

An applicant can obtain up to 75% of CE credit by taking correspondence or web-based course from an approved CE sponsor.

Required Courses

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

PTAs shall earn twenty (20) contact hours of continuing education every two years for licensure renewal.

CEUfast is not an Continuing education sponsor with state board

Some Courses Provided

20 hours of the web-based courses

Special Requirements

Ethics: Three (3) contact hours
Sexual Harassment Prevention: One (1) contact hour

An applicant can obtain up to 75% of CE credit by taking correspondence or web-based course from an approved CE sponsor.

Required Courses

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Occupational Therapist (OT)

Illinois Requires

24 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

24 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

OTs and OTAs shall earn twenty-four (24) contact hours of continuing education every two years for licensure renewal.

Special Requirements

One (1) contact hour in Ethics.
One (1) contact hour in Implicit Bias.
One (1) contact hour in Sexual Harassment Prevention.
One (1) contact hour in Dementia Recognition Training (only applies to licensees who provide health care services to, and have direct patient interactions with, adult populations age 26 or older in the practice of the licensee's profession).
One (1) contact hour in cultural competency every six (6) years.

Required Courses

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA)

Illinois Requires

24 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

24 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

OTs and OTAs shall earn twenty-four (24) contact hours of continuing education every two years for licensure renewal.

Special Requirements

One (1) contact hour in Ethics.
One (1) contact hour in Implicit Bias.
One (1) contact hour in Sexual Harassment Prevention.
One (1) contact hour in Dementia Recognition Training (only applies to licensees who provide health care services to, and have direct patient interactions with, adult populations age 26 or older in the practice of the licensee's profession).
One (1) contact hour in cultural competency every six (6) years.

Required Courses

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Athletic Trainer (AT/AL)

Illinois Requires

40 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

40 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

Athletic Trainers shall earn forty (40) contact hours of continuing education every two (2) year for licensure renewal.

**CEUfast is an approved provider through the BOC. Provider # P10067

Special Requirements

As part of the required forty (40) hours, the following shall also be obtained:

One (1) contact hour of Implicit Bias
One (1) contact hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention

BOC requires fifty (50) credit hours every reporting period and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) certification.

Required Courses

Required Courses Not Provided by CEUfast

Emergency Cardiac Care Certification

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Illinois Requires

24 Hours

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Illinois requires

24 hours

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2025

RTs shall complete 24 hours of Continuing Education (CE) relevant to the practice of respiratory care required during each prerenewal period. A prerenewal period is the 24 months preceding October 31 in the year of the renewal.

CEUFast can provide continuing education for Illinois Respiratory Care practitioners through our ANCC-accredited provider status #P0274

Special Requirements

As part of the required forty (40) hours, the following shall also be obtained:

One (1) contact hour of Implicit Bias
One (1) contact hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention

BOC requires fifty (50) credit hours every reporting period and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) certification.

Required Courses

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Complete all Illinois Required RT CEs

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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations

Phone: 888-473-4858 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 555 West Monroe Street, 5th floor
Chicago 60661

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Illinois Medical Assistant (MA)

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 15, 2023

CEs not required.

Almost all medical assistants have at least a high school diploma, although there are no formal education or training requirements.

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Illinois Department of Public Health

Phone: 217-782-4977 Website: Visit Site Address: 525-535 West Jefferson Street
Springfield 62761

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Illinois CCI Credentialed Specialists

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2025

All Requirements

A credential is active for 9-12 months after passing a CCI exam. For the first renewal, CCI credential holders must submit the renewal fee and a signature of compliance with the Code of Ethics.
There are no Continuing Education Unit (CEU) requirements for the first renewal.
Following the first renewal, maintenance of an “active status” for CCI credential holders requires the completion of the following three steps every three years, on the anniversary of the first renewal date:

The submission of renewal fees.
Signature of compliance with the CCI Code of Ethics.
The completion of Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
- Certificate-Level (CCT and CRAT): sixteen (16) CEUs.
- Advanced-Level (ACS): thirty-six (36) CEUs.
- Registry-Level (RCES, RCIS, RCS, RCCS, RPhS, and RVS): thirty-six (36) CEUs.

Advanced and registry-level credential holders must complete thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs. The remaining 6 or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Special Requirements

Advanced Cardiac Sonographer (ACS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Certified Cardiographic Technician (CCT):

Sixteen (16) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.

Certified Rhythm Analysis Technician (CRAT):

Sixteen (16) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.

Registered Congenital Cardiac Sonographer (RCCS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Registered Phlebology Sonographer (RPhS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS):

Thirty-six (36) contact hours of continuing education every three years for licensure renewal.
Thirty (30) cardiovascular-related CEUs.
The remaining six (6) or fewer CEUs can be on any topic.

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Cardiovascular Credentialing International

Phone: 919-861-4539 Website: Visit Site Email: Contact Address: 3739 National Drive - Suite 202
Raleigh 27612

All Requirements

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