Medication Aides are responsible for knowing when their listing expires in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes. DHSR does not send renewal notifications to Medication Aides.
Medication Aides, who do not meet the eligibility criteria to renew their listing in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes, must retrain and retest.
North Carolina does not list Medication Aides by reciprocity, endorsement, or transfer from other states.
A listing in the Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes will not be renewed if the Medication Aide has a substantiated finding of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or misappropriation of property and is 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 listing in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes must be renewed every 24 consecutive months. Qualified work must occur in a licensed North Carolina Nursing Home and meet all the following criteria:
Private duty employment does not meet the qualifications for registry renewal. Medication Aides hired by a licensed healthcare facility or agency to provide medication administration services in the home is not considered private duty employment for registry renewal.
Medication Aides should renew their listing using the Online Renewal Form. Registered Nurses should verify the Medication Aide’s employment using the Online Employment Verification Form. Both forms are required to renew a listing in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes.
The registry expiration date is calculated from the last date of qualified work as a Medication Aide reported in the Online Employment Verification Form by the Registered Nurse. The date that the Medication Aide last worked providing medication administration 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.
A listing in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes does NOT qualify an individual to administer medications in an Adult Care facility.
Click here to verify a listing in the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry for Nursing Homes.
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