Services
Home Health Aide, Medication Assistant and Nurse Aide
Per North Dakota Administrative Code 33-43-01, application fees are non-refundable. For example, when one check is submitted to pay for ten applicants and one applicant cannot be processed, all fees will be kept, and nine applicants will be processed. A notice rejecting one applicant will be sent with an additional fee required to pay for the application fee. Health Facilities does not process paper applications.
Certified Nurse Aide
- How to become a Certified Nurse Aide
- The Unit does not process paper applications
Nurse Aide Registry
Image of pathways and fees described below
- Nurse Aide – $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Medication Aide I - With Competency $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Home Health Aide - With Training and Competency or Competency Alone $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Home Health Aide – $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Nurse Aide - With Competency $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Certified Nurse Aide - With Training and Competency or Competency Alone NO Fee
- Certified Nurse Aide – NO Fee
- Medication Aide I - With Training and Competency $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Medication Aide II - With Training and Competency $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Home Health Aide - With Training and Competency or Competency Alone $25 Non-Refundable Fee
- Any category coupled with a Certified Nurse Aide has a flexible expiration date based on the CNA’s last day worked.
- Initial application date flexible but renewal will be September 30 for Nurse Aide, Home Health Aide, Medication Aide 1 and Medication Aide 2 unless coupled with Certified Nurse Aide.
- It is not necessary to become a Medication Aide 1 before you become a Medication Aide 2
- You must be a Nurse Aide or a Certified Nurse Aide to be a Medication Aide 1.
- Only a Certified Nurse Aide can be a Medication Aide 2.
This diagram represents the flow of the nurse aide registry described below.
Expiration & Renewal Rules
- Any category paired with a CNA has a flexible expiration date based on the CNA’s last day worked.
- Initial application dates are flexible, but renewal occurs on September 30 for NA, HHA, MA I, and MA II, unless the category is coupled with a CNA.
MA I / MA II Requirements
- It is not required to become an MA I before becoming an MA II.
- You must be a Nurse Aide (NA) or Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) to be an MA I.
- Only a CNA can be an MA II.
North Dakota Regulatory Code
- Read the North Dakota Century Code Chapter 23-4 Nurse Aide Registry
- Read the North Dakota Administrative Code Chapter 33-43-01 Nurse Aide Training, Competency Evaluation, and Registry
- Read 42 CFR 483 Subpart D Requirements that must be met by States and State Agencies: Nurse Aide Training, Competency Evaluation, and Paid Feeding Assistants