Continuing education in American Samoa
American Samoa does not publish a nursing continuing-education requirement online. That is our finding rather than an omission — we looked in each of these places and found none:
- NCSBN board directory entry for American Samoa (the only listing NCSBN publishes; it carries contact details rather than a board site)
- American Samoa Code Annotated, title 31 — including the Health Services Regulatory Board sections, which create the board and its purpose but set no nursing CE requirement
- A full-text search of the published American Samoa Code for continuing-education provisions covering nurses, which returned none
Contact the Health Services Regulatory Board directly. Verification and renewal in American Samoa are a phone-and-email process, not an online one, so the board itself is the only authority on the current requirement — and the only place it exists in writing.
We will not print an hours figure the board has not published. Any number you find elsewhere for American Samoa is being inferred from another jurisdiction, and renewing against it is a risk you would be carrying alone.
Renewing through the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board
Renewal applications, fees, and continuing-education requirements are handled by the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board. These are board-set and change over time, so we point you to the official source rather than list figures that could go stale. See the general compact license renewal guide for how the compact fits in.
The law that governs this in American Samoa
Renewing a license issued by American Samoa happens under American Samoa’s own nurse practice act — the same act that defines what practice means here — administered by the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board. That act is A.S.C.A. § 31.1002 — Health Services Regulatory Board, created; purpose.
There is no compact statute to cite for American Samoa, which is the substantive point rather than a gap in our research: American Samoa has not adopted the compact, so the practice act above is the whole of the law that applies to you here.
Finding your expiration date
Nursys QuickConfirm shows your license type, status, and expiration date — the fastest way to confirm when you need to renew and whether you hold a single-state or multistate license.
Renewal and out-of-state practice
A American Samoa license renews for American Samoa only. If you practice in other states, you either hold each state’s license or a multistate license from a compact home state — and that multistate license renews separately in that home state.
Can renewing in American Samoa get you a multistate license?
No — and not because of anything about your application. American Samoa has not adopted the compact, so the American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board does not issue multistate licenses to anyone. Renewing keeps your American Samoa license valid in American Samoa; it cannot upgrade it into something American Samoa does not offer. A multistate license only ever comes from your primary state of residence, and only if that state is a compact member.