(1) The term of an APRN's prescriptive authority is concurrent with licensure and ends every two years on the date set by ARM 24.101.413.

(2) To renew prescriptive authority, the APRN shall submit:

(a) a completed prescriptive authority renewal application and a nonrefundable fee;

(b) affirmation of a minimum of ten contact hours of accredited education in pharmacology, pharmacotherapeutics, and/or clinical management of drug therapy completed during the two years immediately preceding the effective date of the prescriptive authority renewal period. Contact hours for prescriptive authority renewal must:

(i) be provided by advanced academic education or educational programs approved by an accrediting organization;

(ii) include a minimum of four contact hours of face-to-face or interactive instruction; and

(iii) the majority of the contact hours must concern the study of pharmaceutical medications and not herbal or complementary therapies.

(3) The prescriptive authority contact hours are in addition to contact hours required to renew the general APRN license.

(4) When an APRN fails to renew prescriptive authority prior to the renewal date of that authority, the APRN's prescriptive authority will lapse and expire after 45 days. The APRN whose prescriptive authority has expired may not prescribe until the board has reinstated the APRN's prescriptive authority.