State acceptance in North Dakota
Physicians: We are accepted by the ND Board of Medicine because we are accredited by AMA (category 1)
Physicians are required by North Dakota law to complete 60 AMA category 1 hours of continuing medical education every three years.
Nurses: We are accepted by the ND Board of Nursing because we are ANCC accredited. The ANCC is a national accreditation organization
The Nurse Practices Act now contains continuing education requirements in Section 43-12.1-08. The Board determined in Section 54-02-05-08 that continuing education for purposes of relicensure must meet or exceed twelve (12) contact hours within the preceding two (2) years.
Board recognized providers of continuing education include: The North Dakota Board of Nursing. An accredited college or university. A health care regulatory board A professional organization that is nationally accredited to approve CE.
The following is a list of activities that do not meet the CE requirement in ND: Basic life support classes; CPR classes; advanced skills renewal courses (ACLS, PALS, NALS, etc)
Pharmacists: We are accepted by the ND Board of Pharmacy because we are ACPE accredited
§6827. Mandatory continuing education. During each triennial registration period an applicant for registration shall complete a minimum of forty-five hours of acceptable formal continuing education, as specified in subdivision four of this section, provided that no more than twenty-two hours of such continuing education shall consist of self-study courses.
Who are approved providers? There are three types of approved sponsors (providers): Sponsors approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) or by an equivalent organization that the State Board of Pharmacy determines to have equivalent standards
Childcare
75-03-10-12. Minimum qualifications for all staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children.Shall be currently certified within ninety days of employment and prior to staff member having unsupervised access to children under care, in infant and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator by the American Heart Association, American red cross, or other similar cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training programs that are approved by the department; e. Shall be currently certified within ninety days of employment and prior to staff member having unsupervised access to children under care, in first aid by a program approved by the department;
In-person training
Your choices for in-person AHA training:
Blended class | Classroom | |
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Format | This is a personalized and adaptive class completed online with a computer. After the class you will schedule with an instructor to complete the hands-on portion of the class. | This is a traditional classroom class with an instructor. |
Course completion | Complete the online portion + hands-on skills session with an AHA Instructor. | Contact an Training Center in your area to sign up for an instructor-led class, see above |
Time | The online portion of HeartCode BLS can be completed in approximately 1 to 2 hours. Time to complete the hands-on skills session varies around approixmately 60 minutes, depending on your experience level. | A full BLS provider course can take 4.5 hours to complete, including skills practice and skills testing. |
Completion card | BLS provider course completion card, valid for two years | BLS provider course completion card, valid for two years |
Nearby training sites
View our list of training centers and skill testers in ND. This list was produced by Pacific Medical Training.
Ellendale Community Ambulance
PO Box 267/ Ellendale, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Forman Amb - S Boice/M Klein
PO Box 316/ Forman, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
St. Gerards Nursing - Brandenburger
PO Box 448/ Hankinson, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Wyndmere-Barney Amb - Luebke/Schultz
16129 Hwy 13/ Barney, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Lidgerwood Area - Yvonne Nelson
PO Box 413/ Lidgerwood, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
St. Alexius Medical Center
900 E Broadway Ave Box 5510/ Bismarck, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Jamestown Area Ambulance
PO Box 778/ Jamestown, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Oakes Hospital - Mary Quandt
1200 7th St. North/ Oakes, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Edgeley Amb - Anderson/Briese
909 4th Street/ Edgeley, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Sanford Health EMS Education
2215 18th St. S/ Fargo, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Sanford Health EMS Education
2215 18th Street South/ Fargo, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Trinity Health
1900 8th Ave SE/ Minot, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Altru Health System
1000 S Columbia Rd/ Grand Forks, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Oakes Volunteer Ambulance Service
615 Ivy Avenue/ Oakes, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
LaMoure Amb - Just/Schmit/
PO Box 234/ LaMoure, ND
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Emergency Training Associates, Fergus Falls
502 1st Ave S/ Jamestown, ND
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Total 16 training sites in ND. Show all.
Pacific Medical Training course acceptance chart.
This list of AHA training centers is original research produced by Pacific Medical Training and is not
authorized by any third party. By completing this form you are asking Pacific Medical Training to arrange a
course and/or skills testing for you, preferably with this training center.
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has no affiliation with American Heart Association.