Nursing Assistant Certification

 Certification Status & Renewal

• NEW! Change to Current 90-Day Letter Submission Process for Initial Nursing Assistant Applicants
• Verify a Nursing Assistant's Certification - A nursing assistant can be verified using name, certification number or partial social security number (addresses, and social security numbers do not appear for security reasons). The information can be printed for facility files.  
  Primary source verification of certification status is found in the "Look Up A License" feature of this website. This secure program is updated daily. Paper licenses are not secure and are only accurate at the time they are printed. Paper licenses and certificates are easy to forge and are used by impostors for fraud and identity theft; these are serious issues that threaten our mission of public protection. In the rare event an employer will not accept the Look Up A License verification, you may request a paper verification form.
• Certified Nursing Assistant Online Certification Renewal ​- Certificate holders will be able to renew on-line 60 days before and 30 days after the expiration date of their certification (the 28th day of the certificate holder's birth month). Information about the web site is included in the renewal application that the CNA will receive. Instructions for using on-line renewal General Information About Nursing Assistant Certification can be found on the web site. The verification web site shows the updated information within 2-4 days after renewing on-line.

General Information About Nursing Assistant Certification

• Definitions of the various types of Nursing Assistant certification available.​
• Facts About Nursing Assistant Certification​​ - Who must be certified and the training requirements to obtain certification.
• Student Nurse working as a CNA​ ​- What are the training & certification requirements of a nurse working in this position?
• Certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant-Dialysis Technician​​ (under maintenance - please e-mail mbon.cna@maryland.gov)
• Why Must I Provide My Social Security Number?

How To Be Certified As A Nursing Assistant

• Methods Of Obtaining Nursing Assistant Certification​​
• Obtaining Initial GNA Certification​​
• Fact Sheet for Out of State (Endorsement) Applicants​
• Checklist for Nursing Assistant Endorsement Applicants​​
• Scholarship Information​​
• Transferring a Maryland CNA Certification to Another State​​
• Maryland Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook and Untested Skills

Nursing Assistant Training Programs

Approved CNA Programs​​

• Maryland Nursing Course Equivalents to Requirements of Nursing Assistant Training
• Military Program Equivalents
• Approved Out-of-State Schools of Nursing with Equivalent Courses for CNA status
• Contact Information Directory for Certified Nursing Assistant Training Programs​

 

How to Become an Approved CNA-DT Training Program​

Application for Approval of a Nursing Assistant Training Program

Nursing Assistant Training Program Resource Packet
Nursing Assistant Training Providers - Program Change: Faculty Data Form
Application for Approval of a Certified Medicine Aide Training Program

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​​​ ​TRAINING PROGRAM PASS RATES
2015	Skills	Written

 

2016 NNAAP 1st Time Takers Training Program Performance Summary​

2017 NNAAP 1st Time Takers Training Program Performance Summary​

2018 NNAAP 1st Time Takers Training Program Performance Summary​

2019 NNAAP 1st Time Takers Training Program Performance Summary​

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 E-mail the Board

Information on Initial CNA or GNA Certification​	​mdbon.inac@maryland.gov
​Information on CNA Renewal	​mbon.cna@maryland.gov
​Information on CNA End​orsment	​mdbon.cnaend@maryland.gov​
​Information on Initial Medication Technician Certification	​mdbon.mti@maryland.gov
​Information on Medication Technician Renewal	​mbon.cmt@maryland.gov
​​Information on CNA-DT certification	​​mbon.cna@maryland.gov
​Questions about Nursing Assistant training programs	​mbon.cnatraining@maryland.gov