License renewal in Montana
Every regulated profession we track in Montana, with the renewal cycle, continuing education hours and fee each board sets. Every figure comes from that board's own statute, rule or fee schedule, and each profession page cites the source it came from.
2 professions covered. Last verified July 2026.
These professions do not share a renewal clock. Montana runs 2 different cycle lengths across the licences below, so holding two credentials here means holding two separate deadlines.
Real Estate Agent
- Renewal cycle
- Every year
- CE hours
- 12
- Renewal fee
- $80.00
Montana Board of Realty Regulation, Department of Labor and Industry (DLI)
Registered Nurse (RN)
- Renewal cycle
- Every 2 years
- CE hours
- Not a flat count
- Renewal fee
- $100.00
Montana repealed its nursing continuing-education requirement effective November 18, 2023. RNs, LPNs, and APRNs no longer complete CE contact hours to renew. Before that change the requirement was 24 contact hours per cycle.
What these figures do and do not cover
The hours figure is the requirement for an ordinary active renewal. It does not include first-renewal or post-licence education, which several boards set separately and which is usually larger. The fee is the board's own renewal charge and excludes late penalties, reinstatement and any third-party processing fee. Each profession page spells both out.
Deadlines are worth checking on the profession page rather than here. Some boards renew everyone on one date, some on the licensee's birthday, and some set different dates for different licence types inside the same profession.