Guide · Georgia renewal walkthrough · checked October 22, 2026

How to renew your CNA license in Georgia

Georgia runs a work-clock renewal system: You must be compensated as a CNA and work a minimum of 8 hours every 24 consecutive months under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. You report your own work through the Nurse Aide Program Portal with a pay stub or W-2, your employer's name/address/phone, and your employer signing Section A of the renewal form (private-duty work needs a notarized statement naming the supervising RN/LPN and license number instead). No renewal fee and no grace period.

Where it happens

The Nurse Aide Program Portal, run by Alliant Health Solutions for the Georgia Department of Community Health — registry: Georgia Nurse Aide Registry (Georgia Department of Community Health, administered by Alliant Health Solutions) · (678) 527-3010.

The steps, in order

  1. Work a minimum of 8 hours for pay as a CNA under the supervision of a Registered Nurse in every 24 consecutive months.
  2. Report your own work through the portal: a pay stub or W-2, plus your employer's name, address, and phone number.
  3. Have the employer sign Section A of the renewal form. Worked private duty instead? That takes a notarized statement naming the supervising RN/LPN and their license number.
  4. Submit before the registry expiration date. Georgia has no grace period.
  5. Confirm your updated certification — a successful renewal runs a new 2 years.

The fee

No renewal fee, and no registry CE requirement. (The 12 hours a year of in-service your facility owes you is an employment rule — it does not renew your certification.)

The Georgia trap

No grace period means the calendar is the whole game. Expired less than 1 year and missed the work requirement: your way back is passing the written/oral and skills competency exams again (Credentia — $35 written, $95 skills). Expired 1 year or more: a brand-new state-approved 85-hour training program and both exams stand between you and the registry.

Not sure where you stand?

Renewal instructions assume you're still inside the window. If you're not sure you are, run the status checker with your real dates first — it computes active, at-risk, or lapsed and names your cheapest route back. Your state's full rule table, lapse tiers, and transfer-in verdicts live on the Georgia state page. The general mechanics behind every state's renewal are in CNA renewal, explained plainly.

Procedure summarized from the registry and state pages in our dataset, checked October 22, 2026. The registry's own page is the authority — confirm there before a deadline that matters.