Renew your nurse aide or personal care assistant certificate (recertification)
Renewal and update of your listing on the Registry is required every two years. To be recertified, you must have:
- A current, valid nurse aide or personal care assistant certificate
- At least seven hours of paid employment performing nursing or nursing-related services, in a licensed health care facility or agency, within the 24 months preceding your certificate expiration date
- No revocation or suspension of a certificate
- A criminal background check, with fingerprinting, prior to the certification expiration date
Nurse aides and/or personal care assistants who have moved since the last renewal must notify the New Jersey Nurse Aide Registry immediately at 877-774-4243. In addition, nurse aides and personal care assistants must notify the Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU) of their new address at 609-292-4303.
