Registered Nurse (RN) License Renewal in Oregon
Oregon RNs renew every 2 years. As of 2026, renewal needs only pain-management and cultural-competency CE, no general hours. Oregon is not a compact state.
| Renewal cycle | Every 2 years |
|---|---|
| CE hours required | Check with your board As of January 1, 2026, Oregon dropped its practice-hour requirement and requires no general CE hours for RN renewal, only the two topic-specific trainings below. Beginning January 1, 2028, RN renewal will also require 20 hours of general continuing education every 2 years. |
| Renewal fee | $245.00 |
| Mandatory CE topics | Pain management (1 hr, the Oregon Pain Management Commission module, within the last 36 months), Cultural competency (2 hrs, from an Oregon Health Authority-approved source, within the last 48 months) |
| Licensing board | Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) |
Sourced from Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN), verified July 25, 2026. Requirements change. Confirm with your board before relying on this.
Oregon is mid-change, and the change is unusually friendly right now. As of January 1, 2026, Oregon stopped requiring practice hours and does not require any general continuing-education hours to renew an RN license. All you need are two short, specific trainings. That gets stricter in 2028, so the current window is genuinely the easiest Oregon renewal has been in years.
What 2026 renewal actually requires
For renewals now, an Oregon RN completes just two topic-specific requirements, no general CE hour count at all:
- One hour of pain-management education within the last 36 months. It’s a specific course, the Oregon Pain Management Commission module, not any pain-related CE. Because it’s on a 36-month clock rather than tied to the two-year cycle, it’s easy to let expire between renewals.
- Two hours of cultural-competency education within the last 48 months, from a source approved by the Oregon Health Authority.
That’s the whole requirement in 2026. Because there’s no general hour target, the CE calculator on this site isn’t shown for Oregon, the two trainings above are the real checklist, and they’re listed in the requirement box as reminders.
The 2028 change: 20 general hours are coming
Mark this if you renew in or after 2028. Beginning January 1, 2028, Oregon adds a 20-hour general continuing-education requirement every two years for RNs, on top of the pain-management and cultural-competency trainings, which continue. So the light-touch 2026 rule is temporary. If your renewal lands in 2028 or later, plan for the 20 hours; if it lands before then, you don’t owe them yet. Confirm which rule applies to your specific renewal date with the Board.
The cycle and fee
Oregon renews RN licenses every two years, and renewal is $245, set in rule at OAR 851-002-0010(1). Two surcharges ride along at renewal: $4 for the Workforce Data Analysis Fund and $9 for the Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund, so $258 is what actually leaves your account.
That $245 is a recent jump. The rule read $145 as recently as mid-2025, and OSBN amended it three times that year before the version filed November 20, 2025 took effect January 1, 2026, which is why guides quoting $145 or $159 are describing an older schedule. At $245 Oregon is now one of the more expensive states to stay licensed in, above California’s $190, and renewing even a day late adds a $100 delinquent fee.
Oregon is not a compact state
Oregon has not joined the Nurse Licensure Compact. An Oregon RN license is a single-state license, and to practice in another state you apply for a license by endorsement there, one state at a time, the same as nurses in California and New York. A nurse holding a multistate license from a compact state also cannot practice in Oregon on that license alone; they need an Oregon license. If you work near the Washington or Idaho border, both of which are compact states, that single-state status is the thing to plan around. Use the compact checker below to confirm Oregon’s status and see how the surrounding states connect.
Add your renewal deadline to your calendar
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Works with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook. This is a convenience, not a compliance service. Confirm your exact deadline with the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN).
Renewal fee
Oregon charges $245. The median across the 49 states that publish a figure is $100, running from $50 to $245. Ranked cheapest to dearest, Oregon is 49 of 49.
Each mark is one state. The taller line is the median, the filled dot is Oregon. States that set no flat hour count, or publish no fee, are left out of that comparison rather than counted as zero.
Where can you practice with your license?
The Nurse Licensure Compact lets a nurse who lives in a compact state hold one multistate license and practice in every other compact state. Pick where you live to see whether that's you, and where it reaches.
Member data from the NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map, verified July 2026. A multistate license requires the compact state to be your primary residence. This is a convenience, not legal advice. Confirm your status with your board or at nursecompact.com.
What will this renewal cost?
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The renewal fee is from the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) and dated on this page; the CE and late-fee figures are your own estimates. A convenience, not a compliance service, and not legal advice. Confirm fees with your board.