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Recertification Requirements for Certified Nurse Aides (DAL DRS 25-07)
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What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1CNAs must be recertified every two years, no later than the last day of the month in which certification was initially received (10 NYCRR 415.26(d)(6)).(Recertification Requirements for Certified Nurse Aides (DAL DRS 25-07))
- 2To be eligible for recertification, a CNA must demonstrate at least seven hours worked for compensation as a health care nurse aide during the previous 24-month period.(Recertification Requirements for Certified Nurse Aides (DAL DRS 25-07))
- 3Home care services agencies (Article 36) and adult care facilities are ineligible to recertify CNAs and cannot employ CNAs to work as health care nurse aides.(Recertification Requirements for Certified Nurse Aides (DAL DRS 25-07))
Applies to: cross-cutting
Restates CNA recertification requirements and clarifies that home care services agencies (Article 36) and adult care facilities are ineligible to recertify CNAs.
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