CNA Certification Renewal By Elijah James

Spending time gaining CNA training and sitting for your CNA certification exam will get you listed as a qualified Certified Nursing Assistant for two years, after this point, starting 2 months before your certificate expires, you must apply for renewal of your certificate. Federal law states minimums for these requirements but each state has the right to require more stringent guidelines. The process is as detailed below:

Check your mail for a renewal notice. If you do not receive one then go to your state's nursing board website and download one from there. This might be an online form, a PDF file, or another type of document that you can print out to mail in or submit directly online.

Fill in the renewal form including all required personal information. You will need to have the last qualified employer fill out the second area that provides proof of your active hours as a Certified Nursing assistant under their employment. Requirements vary but there is typically a minimum you must have worked as a CNA in the last 24 months in order to have your certificate renewed. You may be asked to provide a pay stub, printout or notarized form as proof.

Sign and date the application, before returning this form and the required fees to the mailing address specified for your state.

Allow time for processing, which may take as long as 2 weeks.

If you have not worked the required amount of time in the last 24 months as a CNA then your state will specify "re-certification" instead of renewal. The application is the same, however, you may be asked to retake nursing aid classes and redo the clinical time before being asked to sit the exam. Some states only require brush up courses and a few simply ask that the exam itself be retaken instead of full CNA training. Check with your state's nursing board website to ensure you know exactly what your requirements are before applying. It is recommended that you complete all requirements before sending in an application to avoid rejections based on disqualifications.

Because every state has slightly different requirements for CNA certification renewal it is important to know where your state's nursing board keeps this information. Some states have a nurse aid registry, others combine nursing assistants into the overall nurse's board. Another thing to remember is that if you move from one state to another you will have to apply for reciprocity in order to transfer that certificate to your new state. This process requires challenging the new state's exam, but uses existing time and testing (along with an active certificate in the previous state) to meet requirements to sit that test.

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