Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) · rules checked October 22, 2026
Your employer recertifies you. To be recertified you must have worked at least 7 hours for pay as a nurse aide in a New York nursing home or other NYSDOH-approved nurse aide employer within the previous 24-month period, under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The employer submits the recertification and pays the $40 fee.
If you have never worked for pay since certifying, use your certification date.
| Credential | Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) |
|---|---|
| Registry | New York State Nurse Aide Registry (New York State Department of Health) · 800-805-9128 |
| Training required | 100 hours |
| Exam | Prometric — $115 |
| How renewal works | Stays active through paid work inside the window — no calendar expiry while you keep working. Renewal fee: $40. |
| Keep-active work rule | Your employer recertifies you. To be recertified you must have worked at least 7 hours for pay as a nurse aide in a New York nursing home or other NYSDOH-approved nurse aide employer within the previous 24-month period, under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The employer submits the recertification and pays the $40 fee. |
| Continuing education | No continuing education requirement for recertification; the paid-work rule is the requirement. |
| Who reports your work | Your employer does — if they fail to, you can show as inactive while working |
If you did not meet the work rule, you must retest (both Clinical Skills and Written/Oral exams). Retest without new training (Route 6) is available if you were certified through a NY-approved program on or after July 1, 1989. If your certification came through deeming, waiver or reciprocity, or your training was before July 1, 1989, you must complete a new approved training program before reapplying (Route 7).
If you did not meet the work rule, you must retest (both Clinical Skills and Written/Oral exams). Retest without new training (Route 6) is available if you were certified through a NY-approved program on or after July 1, 1989. If your certification came through deeming, waiver or reciprocity, or your training was before July 1, 1989, you must complete a new approved training program before reapplying (Route 7).
Do not file your own renewal and wait: in New York the employer drives recertification, so a job change near expiration is the classic way certifications lapse. Exam fee splits for first-time testers are bundled ($115 written route / $135 oral route); retests are priced separately (skills $68, written $57, oral $67).
New York has a published process to petition for removal of a single, neglect-only registry finding after at least 1 year. Abuse and misappropriation findings cannot be removed. Details — free, and with no strings — on the registry findings page.
Application fee: $50 · typical processing: About 30 days average processing (NY Business Express). Prometric Route 2 (Reciprocity/CNA from another state): active out-of-state certification in good standing and a $50 application processing fee. Submit a copy of your current out-of-state certificate. If your home-state certificate/registry does not show an expiration date, you must instead prove at least 7 hours of paid nurse aide work in the past 24 months with a signed letter on facility letterhead from your supervisor stating you performed nurse aide duties. Work-history requirement: At least 7 hours of paid nurse aide work in the past 24 months, required as proof when the home-state certificate has no expiration date. Prior verified research for this dataset notes the fuller paper trail behind Route 2: notarized training records and a verification form completed/mailed by the home state registry may be requested - budget time for the home state to respond, not just for Prometric.
The table below is computed for an active aide in good standing, trained to the origin state's standard hours. Your own hours or status can change your row — run the transfer checker with your real facts.
| Certified in | Verdict for New York | Fee | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Alaska | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Arizona | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Arkansas | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| California | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Colorado | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Connecticut | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Delaware | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| District of Columbia | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Florida | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Georgia | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Hawaii | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Idaho | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Illinois | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Indiana | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Iowa | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Kansas | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Kentucky | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Louisiana | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Maine | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Maryland | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Massachusetts | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Michigan | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Minnesota | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Mississippi | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Missouri | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Montana | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Nebraska | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Nevada | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| New Hampshire | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| New Jersey | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| New Mexico | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| New York | Same state — no transfer needed | ||
| North Carolina | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| North Dakota | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Ohio | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Oklahoma | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Oregon | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Pennsylvania | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Rhode Island | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| South Carolina | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| South Dakota | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Tennessee | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Texas | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Utah | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Vermont | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Virginia | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Washington | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| West Virginia | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Wisconsin | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
| Wyoming | Accepted — with conditions | $50 | New York accepts active certifications with a $50 application fee, a work-history requirement. |
The kit carries New York's full recovery path — the forms, the order to file them, the phone scripts — plus transfer checklists for every destination. See the kit →
