Your CNOR recertification, on one card.
A CNOR runs on a 5-year cycle, and you recertify with 300 professional activity points, not the exam. Put in the end of your cycle, tick off each requirement as you meet it, and put the date on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
Your CNOR
The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the CCI recertification.
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How to renew
- Earn 300 points during the cycle. Continuing education counts 2 points per contact hour (150 hours would do it alone), and 60% of those hours must be perioperative. Precepting, committees, presentations, certifications and more also earn points; see Appendix A of the CNOR Handbook (PDF).
- Log every activity yourself. CCI turned off the AORN CE import on May 19, 2025, and it doesn't keep your certificates: "Applicants are responsible for maintaining their own records."
- Check the work rules. 500 perioperative hours this cycle (250 tied to intraoperative care), working in perioperative nursing now, and a current, unrestricted RN license.
- Apply in your fifth year in your CCI account and pay $400 by 11:59 pm Eastern on the last day. CCI: "effective January 1, 2021, recertification by exam is no longer an option".
- Not going to make it? Buy the Extension Year ($250) in the year you're due; it adds one calendar year and is available once every 10 years. Retiring? Emeritus Status (CNOR(E)) is $100 and must be filed while the credential is active.
- Answer an audit within 30 days. CCI picks applications at random; miss the 30 days or fail it and the application ends with no refund.
| Fee (CCI handbook) | Standard price |
|---|---|
| Recertification by points | $400 |
| Extension Year | $250 |
| Emeritus Status (retired) | $100 |
| Late fee, within 90 days after it lapses | $125 plus the $400 |
$40 off if you hold another active CCI credential or received a DAISY Award; one discount per transaction. All fees: the CNOR recertification page and the CNOR Handbook (PDF).
If your cycle ends first
- Handbook: "You are not eligible to use the CNOR® credential after 11:59 pm Eastern on the final day of your certification validity."
- Handbook: "For 90 days following the expiration of your certification, you can renew your credential for a late fee payment of $125, in addition to the standard recertification fee." That one-time reinstatement needs every requirement met before the lapse except the fee.
- After that the credential is inactive, and you pass the CNOR exam again to use it.
Where every number comes from
- Cycle dates before and after May 4, 2026, eligibility, 300 points, no exam option, Extension Year, Emeritus, $400 fee: CCI: CNOR recertification
- 5 years, fifth-year application, fee table and discounts, $125 late fee within 90 days, 2 points per contact hour, 60% perioperative, audit: CNOR Candidate Handbook (PDF, May 2026)
- The separate recertification year ended January 1, 2026: CCI: Understanding the recert year update
Checked November 11, 2026.
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