Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 8 - Certified Nurse Aide
12 AAC 44.815 - Issuance and renewal of certification

(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 a date set by the department. A renewal reminder will be mailed to each currently certified nurse aide at least 60 days before the renewal date. A certification that is not renewed lapses.

(b) To renew a nurse aide certification, a certified nurse aide must submit

(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 or territory of Canada performing CNA 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 for monetary compensation for 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).