North Carolina Nurse Aide I renewal guide
North Carolina CNA renewal: Nurse Aide I registry, 24-month listing, work verification, and reminder checklist.
North Carolina Nurse Aide I registry listings renew every 24 months. Renewal requires qualifying paid nurse-aide work supervised by an RN, plus separate online forms from the aide and the verifying RN.
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Answer first
What to know now.
North Carolina does not treat this as a generic CNA license renewal; the relevant credential is a Nurse Aide I Registry listing. The listing must be renewed every 24 months. Current NCDHHS guidance requires at least eight hours of paid nursing or nursing-related work during the listing period, performed in the capacity of a Nurse Aide and delegated and supervised by a Registered Nurse. Renewal uses two online steps: the Nurse Aide submits the Online Renewal Form and the RN submits the Online Employment Verification Form. The renewed expiration date is based on the last qualified work date reported by the RN and is extended to the last day of the 24th consecutive month.
Obligation
- North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry renewal
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — Division of Health Service Regulation
Verified facts
Use the official source for the final check.
- Official credential: North Carolina uses a Nurse Aide I Registry listing rather than a generic CNA license.
- Renewal cycle: Registry listings must be renewed every 24 months, and the nurse aide is responsible for knowing when the listing expires.
- Qualified-work requirement: Renewal requires at least eight hours of paid Nurse Aide work during the 24-month listing period, delegated and supervised by a Registered Nurse.
- Two-part online process: The Nurse Aide completes the Online Renewal Form and the verifying Registered Nurse completes the Online Employment Verification Form.
- 90-day submission window: Current NCDHHS guidance says the online renewal forms should be submitted within 90 days before the registry expiration date.
- Expiration-date calculation: At renewal, the new listing period is calculated from the last qualified work date reported by the RN and ends on the last day of the 24th consecutive month.
Renewal workflow
Turn the requirement into a repeatable checklist.
- Step 1
Look up the Nurse Aide I Registry listing and record the exact current expiration date.
- Step 2
Confirm that the aide has at least eight hours of qualifying paid Nurse Aide work in the current listing period and that an RN can verify it from supervision or employer records.
- Step 3
Start reminders before the 90-day submission window so the aide and verifying RN know the renewal is approaching.
- Step 4
Have the aide submit the Online Renewal Form and the RN submit the Online Employment Verification Form within the current NCDHHS process.
- Step 5
After the registry updates, record the new official expiration date rather than assuming it is exactly two years from the old date.
From one credential to a tracking system
One renewal question can reveal a much larger roster problem.
If you are responsible for several employees, contractors, or credentials, the hard part is often no longer finding one renewal rule. It is keeping every holder, authoritative date, reminder, completion, and renewed date visible without repeatedly scanning a spreadsheet.
Care-workforce rosters can be especially mixed: CNA or nurse-aide records, HHA/HCA/CHHA credentials, RN/LPN licenses, CPR/BLS, and other recurring requirements may all sit under one administrator.
Sources
Authoritative references used for this guide.
- North Carolina NCDHHS — Nurse Aide I Registry Renewal — official source
- North Carolina NCDHHS — Nurse Aide and Medication Aide Guidelines — official source
- North Carolina NCDHHS — Nurse Aide I FAQ — official source
Stay ahead
Do not rely on memory for the next one.
Use Deadline Hawk to create an independent reminder sequence while the official authority remains the source of truth for the requirement itself.