Your CEN recert, punched.
A CEN runs 4 years. Put in your expiration date, punch in your 100 contact hours as you earn them, and put the date on your calendar. Or skip the hours and retake the exam. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
Your CEN
The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the BCEN recertify page.
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How to renew
- Pick your path. By CE attestation: 100 contact hours in your 4-year period, then you attest online. By exam: retake the CEN at a testing center or by Live Remote Proctoring; once approved you have 90 days to schedule and take it.
- Finish the 100 hours before you apply: at least 75 clinical content specific to emergency nursing, up to 25 non-clinical. Applying on or after January 1, 2027? At least 75 must come from an accredited source (50 before then). Hours earned after your expiration date don't count.
- Skip what BCEN won't take. CE approved only by an EMS body (CAPCE, NAEMT), PHTLS, ITLS, AMLS and BLS don't count. A course approved by both an EMS and a nursing provider does.
- Keep your RN license current and unrestricted (US, US territory, Canada or Australia).
- Apply in your BCEN account. On My Dashboard, next to your CEN, choose By CE or By exam, finish the application and pay. Hours stop counting the moment you submit, even if you renew early.
- Keep every certificate. BCEN audits CE applications at random. If you're picked, you upload them in the CE Tracker within 30 days. BCEN Learn courses fill the tracker in for you.
| Fee (BCEN recertify page) | By CE or by exam |
|---|---|
| Standard | $280 |
| With ENA membership | $210 |
| Military (active duty, reservist, veteran) | $195 |
| Late, in the 60-day grace period | $100 more |
All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Fees: BCEN's recertify page; late fee: Policy 5.6.
If you miss your date
- You go into a 60-day grace period on your own. Policy 5.6: "there is a 60-day grace period during which a certificant may recertify via CE Attestation without retaking the applicable certification exam."
- The grace period is for renewal by CE. A $100 late fee is added at checkout, late applications may be picked for audit, and the hours still have to fall inside your 4-year period.
- After 60 days the CEN is expired and you retake the exam to earn it again.
Where every number comes from
- Two paths, 100 hours in 4 years, 75 clinical, accredited hours, EMS CE, fees, audit, CE Tracker: BCEN: How to Recertify
- 60-day grace by CE, $100 late fee, expired after 60 days, new 4-year period: BCEN Policy 5.6: Late Renewal (PDF)
- 75 accredited, BLS not accepted, 1 contact hour = 60 minutes: BCEN CE Requirements Guide, effective Jan 1, 2027 (PDF)
- Certified for 4 years: BCEN Candidate Handbook (PDF)
Checked November 11, 2026.
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