N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation
Health Care Personnel Education and Credentialing Section
Nurse Aides are responsible for knowing when their listing expires on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry. DHSR does not send renewal notifications to Nurse Aides.
Nurse Aides, who do not meet the eligibility criteria to renew their listing on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry, must retrain and retest.
Per 42 CFR 483.156, a listing on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry must be renewed every 24 consecutive months.
Per 42 CFR 483.12, a listing on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry will not be renewed if the Nurse Aide has a substantiated finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation of property and employed in a Nursing Home facility.
It is the responsibility of each Medication Aide to update their name and contact information in the registry. Click here to obtain the Name and Address Change Form.
A Nurse Aide is responsible for making sure they meet the qualified work requirements for renewal. Qualified work can occur in a Nursing Home or other health care setting and must meet the following criteria:
Private duty employment does not meet the qualifications for registry renewal. Nurse Aides employed by a licensed healthcare facility or agency to provide nursing or nursing-related services in the home is not considered private duty employment for registry renewal.
Nurse Aides should renew their listing using the Online Renewal Form. Registered Nurses should verify the Nurse Aide’s employment using the Online Employment Verification Form. Both forms are required to renew a listing in the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry.
The registry expiration date is calculated from the last date of qualified work as a Nurse Aide reported in the Online Employment Verification Form by the Registered Nurse. The date that the Nurse Aide last worked providing nursing or nursing-related services delegated and supervised by a Registered Nurse must be within the registration/listing period identified in the form. Expiration dates are extended to the last day of the month.
Click here to verify a listing in the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry.