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(a) An initial nurse aide certification is valid for the remainder of the current biennial certification period. A nurse aide certification must be renewed biennially on or before March 31 of even-numbered years. A certification that is not renewed lapses.
(b) To renew a nurse aide certification, a certified nurse aide must submit
(1) a completed application for renewal on a form provided by the department;
(2) the certification renewal fee established in 12 AAC 02.282; and
(3) verification that the applicant has met the continuing education requirements of 12 AAC 44.825 and the requirements of (c) or (d) of this section.
(c) A nurse aide certification will be renewed if the applicant was employed in a state or territory of the United States, or in a province of Canada as a certified nurse aide or in a similar position that performs nurse aide duties for monetary compensation for 160 hours or more during the concluding certification period.
(d) An applicant who was employed as a certified nurse aide or in a similar position that performs nurse aide duties for monetary compensation for more than eight hours, but less than 160 hours during the concluding certification period may not obtain the required experience after the applicant's nurse aide certificate has lapsed and must successfully complete a competency evaluation under 12 AAC 44.850 before the certification will be renewed.
(e) A certified nurse aide who is issued an initial nurse aide certification less than 12 months before the next renewal period is not required to satisfy the requirements of (c) and (d) of this section.
(f) A nurse aide certification that has been lapsed for 12 months or less may be renewed under this section.
(g) An applicant who was not employed as a certified nurse aide for monetary compensation during the concluding certification period and whose certified nurse aide training program was successfully completed more than two years ago, must complete another certified nurse aide training program approved under 12 AAC 44.835, or equivalent in content to the requirements of 12 AAC 44.835(c) .
History: Eff. 2/14/99, Register 149; am 12/14/99, Register 153; am 4/9/2000, Register 154; am 11/2/2001, Register 160; am 7/22/2004, Register 171; am 5/29/2005, Register 174
Authority: AS 08.01.100
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