Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal
In-seat (Live) continuing education courses may be accepted in one of the following ways:
- Be offered by a Missouri board-approved Training Agency or Single Offering Sponsor; or
- Be approved by another State administrator licensure board; or
- Be approved by a National Association of Long Term Care Administrators Board, National Continuing Education Review Service (NAB/NCERS).
If you are uncertain if a course will be accepted, contact our office at bnha@health.mo.gov for verification.
Contact information for the Missouri board-approved Training Agencies can be found in the report below.
Online CEU's
A licensee may earn a maximum of half of the total required hours through online continuing education programs (web-based, teleconference, self-study, and webinar).
Online courses accepted for administrator license renewal must have approval from one of the following:
Offered by a Missouri board approved training agency. Select Continuing Education Sponsors to view the training agency list.
Approved by NAB/NCERS.
If you have questions regarding online continuing education, contact our office at bnha@health.mo.gov for verification.
Academic Courses
A maximum of five (5) clock hours per semester hour may be approved by the board.
To use academic courses for continuing education, the administrator must submit a course description (syllabus) from an accredited college or university for board review and approval. Upon successful completion of the course (grade of "C" or above), an official transcript must be submitted to the board office.
Lecturing
A maximum of ten (10) clock hours toward your continuing education requirements may be obtained as follows:
An administrator lecturing at a Missouri board-approved seminar may receive credit equal to each hour or quarter hour of presentation time with a maximum of six (6) hours earned per licensure period. This may be in addition to actual hours of attendance at the seminar, but only be granted for only one (1) presentation of the same seminar. Submit with renewal application a copy of seminar brochure or documentation indicating you as a lecturer/presenter and the program you presented.
Preceptor
Serving as a board-approved preceptor for an applicant who has been required by the board to complete an internship as described in 19 CSR 73-2.031. One (1) clock hour per full month as a preceptor shall be granted with a maximum of ten (10) clock hours per internship. During the two (2)-year licensure period, a maximum of twenty (20) clock hours will be granted.
Publications
A maximum of ten (10) clock hours toward your continuing education requirements may be obtained as follows:
Referred publication - a publication that undergoes an anonymous review process that determines whether or not the article will be published.
National health-care publication: published by a health-care association whose mission statement/bylaws indicate its scope is national; mailed nationwide; and addressing content contained within the long-term care core of knowledge outlined in 19 CSR 73-2.031.
Publishing health-care related articles of at least fifteen hundred (1,500) words shall be granted one (1) clock hour if article is published in a magazine or journal publication. Submit with renewal application documentation indicating that you authored and published an article as outlined above.
Any required documents may be submitted to our office via email. If you have any questions, please contact our office at bnha@health.mo.gov for assistance.
Continuing Education Sponsors
Training Agencies
Pursuant to state regulation 19 CSR 73.2.010(12), a training agency shall be one of the following:
- An accredited educational institution (or)
- A statewide or national membership agency, association, professional society, or organization in the fields or health care or healthcare management approved by the board to provide courses of instruction and training.
Any organization that meets one of the requirements above is welcome to complete and submit the Training Agency Application provided below to the Board office via email at bnha@health.mo.gov. If approved, additional information regarding specific requirements for courses and training agency renewal will be released to the training agency along with a Board assigned approval number.
For a list of current Training Agencies please see the list available below.
Single Offering:
Organizations or persons who do not qualify under 19 CSR 73-2.010(12), as a Training Agency, but who wish to sponsor live/in-seat education seminars may complete the Single Offering Application for possible Board approval. Please note that at this time single offering education courses cannot be an online or distant-learning program.
Organizations or persons interested in applying will need to carefully review the Criteria for Single Offering Course Approval and the Single Offering Application provided below for further instructions and requirements for Board approval.