Your CMSRN recertification, punched.
A CMSRN runs 5 years from your certification date. Put in your expiration date, punch in your contact hours as you earn them, check the practice hours, and put the date on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
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The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the MSNCB recertification.
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How to renew
- Earn 90 contact hours in the 5 years. MSNCB: "Sixty-eight of those contact hours must be designated as medical-surgical. Only 22 contact hours may be designated as "Professional Development"." All of them have to be earned before your expiration date.
- Other ways to earn hours, per MSNCB's activity table: precepting or mentoring (6 hours = 1 contact hour, up to 20), academic courses (1 credit = 15, up to 75), presentations, publications, posters, research or EBP projects, and national nursing board or committee service. See the recertification page for each limit.
- Check the practice hours. 1,000 hours in a medical-surgical setting in the 5 years, plus a current, unencumbered RN license.
- Log hours as you go in the Certification Portal. The handbook says your application opens once you're certified, and you can submit it from 12 months before your expiration date.
- Submit and pay before your expiration date. $225 for AMSN members, $325 standard, by contact hours. Short on hours? Recertify by exam instead ($267 member, $394 standard).
- Keep your certificates. MSNCB audits 10 percent of applications at random; audited applicants have 30 days to send documentation for every hour.
| Fee (MSNCB page and handbook) | AMSN member | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Recertify by contact hours | $225 | $325 |
| Recertify by exam | $267 | $394 |
| Inactive Status | $105 | $165 |
| Emeritus Status | $75 | $100 |
| Late fee, inside the 30-day grace period | $90 | $90 |
MSNCB: "All applications include a $90 non-refundable processing fee." All fees: the CMSRN recertification page.
If your date passes
- For a CMSRN that expires on or after January 1, 2027 there is a 30-day grace period. MSNCB: "If you submit a recertification application after their certification expiration (during the 30-day grace period) you will be assessed a late fee of $90."
- The hours themselves can't be late: "All required contact hours must still be earned before your certification expiration date".
- After the 30 days the credential is expired and you follow MSNCB's reinstatement requirements. Expiring before January 1, 2027? MSNCB says that period "remains unchanged"; ask msncb@msncb.org.
- Can't meet the hours or practice? Inactive Status is a one-time option that adds 3 years; retired nurses can apply for Emeritus Status. Both are accepted during the grace period.
Where every number comes from
- 5 years, eligibility, 90/68/22 contact hours, activity table, fees, audit, 30-day grace period from Jan 1, 2027: MSNCB: CMSRN recertification
- Valid 5 years, submit from 12 months before, grace period, $90 late fee, Inactive and Emeritus fees: CMSRN Recertification Handbook (PDF, July 2026)
Checked November 11, 2026.
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