NC HCPR: N.C. Nurse Aide I Registry

Nursing Homes – Employment Requirements

An individual that works as a Nurse Aide must be listed on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry. This applies to a Registered Nurse, a Licensed Practical Nurse, and a Nurse Aide II.

Before allowing an individual to work as a Nurse Aide, the following activities must be completed:

Ensure that the individual is listed in active status on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry.
Ensure that the individual has no substantiated findings on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry and the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry.
Keep a record of accessing the registry in your business files (e.g., the date and confirmation number from the registry).
A clinical skills validation, conducted by a Registered Nurse, is required before the Nurse Aide performs nursing or nursing-related services in a facility.

Per 42 CFR 483.12, Nursing Homes may not employ an individual who:

Has been found guilty of abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of property, or mistreatment by a court of law;
Has a finding in the State nurse aide registry concerning abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of their property; or
Has a disciplinary action in effect against his or her professional license by a state licensure body as a result of a finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment of residents or misappropriation of resident property.

Per 10A NCAC 13D .2304, a request from a Nurse Aide or Medication Aide to complete the Online Employment Verification Form is considered a request from the Division of Health Service Regulation for verification of past or present employment.

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation Health Care Personnel Education and Credentialing Section

Nursing Homes – Employment Requirements

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
Health Care Personnel Education and Credentialing Section