Virginia CNA renewal guide
Virginia CNA renewal: annual certification renewal, paid-work attestation, and reminder checklist.
Virginia certified nurse aides renew annually. The current Administrative Code requires a renewal application, fee, and attestation of compensated nursing-related activity within the two years preceding expiration.
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What to know now.
Virginia's official credential is Certified Nurse Aide certification, and the current Virginia Administrative Code requires renewal every year. At renewal, the CNA submits the completed renewal application, required fee, and an attestation that the aide performed nursing-related activities for compensation during the two years immediately preceding expiration. The Board must send a renewal notice at least 30 days before expiration, but the regulation makes clear that not receiving the notice does not remove the CNA's responsibility to renew on time. If the CNA did not perform qualifying compensated nursing-related activity during the prior two years, the state examination must be repeated before renewal.
Obligation
- Virginia Certified Nurse Aide certification renewal
- Virginia Board of Nursing
Verified facts
Use the official source for the final check.
- Annual renewal: Virginia's current regulation requires a certified nurse aide to submit a renewal application annually.
- Renewal notice: The Board is required to send a renewal notice at least 30 days before the current certification expires.
- Work attestation: The CNA must attest to performing nursing-related activities for compensation within the two years immediately preceding expiration.
- No-work consequence: A CNA without qualifying compensated nursing-related activity during the preceding two years must repeat and pass the state nurse-aide examination before applying for renewal.
- Current fee: Virginia's current Administrative Code lists a $30 annual renewal fee for a certified nurse aide.
- Longer lapse: A certification lapsed for more than 90 days follows the state's reinstatement process rather than ordinary renewal.
Renewal workflow
Turn the requirement into a repeatable checklist.
- Step 1
Verify the CNA's current Virginia Board of Nursing certification record and expiration date.
- Step 2
Confirm that the aide can truthfully attest to qualifying compensated nursing-related activity during the prior two years.
- Step 3
Do not rely only on receiving the Board's renewal notice; set an independent reminder ahead of the official expiration date.
- Step 4
Complete the Board's current renewal application and fee before expiration, or use the reinstatement process if the credential has already lapsed beyond the ordinary renewal period.
- Step 5
After renewal posts, verify the updated record and schedule the next annual renewal.
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.
- Virginia Administrative Code — 18VAC90-25-80 Renewal or reinstatement — official source
- Virginia Administrative Code — 18VAC90-25-16 Fees — official source
- Virginia Board of Nursing — Nurse Aide — 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.