Nursing Assistant Certification

Certification Status & Renewal || General Information About Nursing Assistant Certification || How To Be Certified As A Nursing Assistant || Nursing Assistant Training Programs || E-Mail The Board 

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Certification Status & Renewal

Verify A Nursing Assistant's Certification - Find the current status of a nursing/medication assistant's certification. You can search by the person's name, certification number, or Social Security Number.

Certified Nursing Assistant Online Certification Renewal

General Information About Nursing Assistant Certification

  General Information About Nursing Assistant Certification - Defines the various types of Nursing Assistant certification available.

Facts About Nursing Assistant Certification - Who must be certified and the training requirements to obtain certification. 

Student Nurse working as a CNA - What are the training & certification requirements of a nurse working in this position?

Certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant-Dialysis Technician

How To Be Certified As A Nursing Assistant

Methods Of Obtaining Nursing Assistant Certification  

Obtaining Initial GNA Certification

Fact Sheet for Out of State (Endorsement) Applicants

Checklist for Nursing Assistant Endorsement Applicants

Request for a Nursing Assistant Application

Scholarship Information

Transferring a Maryland CNA Certification to Another State

Nursing Assistant Training Programs

Approved Training Programs (June 2009) [PDF]

• Certified Nursing Assistant Training Programs & Approval Dates
• Maryland Nursing Course Equivalents to Requirements of Nursing Assistant Training
• Military Program Equivalents
• Approved Out-of-State Schools of Nursing with Equivalent Courses for CNA status
• Contact Information Directory for Certified Nursing Assistant Training Programs [PDF]

Training Program  Pass Rates [PDF]
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GNA Performance in NNAAP Skills Performance Test [PDF]

Change in Testing Policy for GNA Candidates

Course description for training in Medication Assistance - Cuing, Coaching & Monitoring

How to Become an Approved CNA-DT Training Program

Application for Initial Approval of a Nursing Assistant Training Program [PDF]

Renewal Application for an Approved Nursing Assistant Training Program [PDF]

Nursing Assistant Training Providers - Program Change: Faculty Data Form [PDF]

Nursing Assistant Training Providers - Program Change: Change in Clinical Site form [PDF]

  Becoming an In-Facility Test Site or GNA Evaluator for the GNA Examination

Fax-Back Scoring for the CNA/GNA Testing Program

COMAR 10.27.02 - 120 Day Ruling For Geriatric Nursing Assistants In Long Term Care

Maryland Regional Testing Sites - Locations & Dates

E-Mail The Board 

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Information on Initial CNA or GNA Certification	Loretta Barner lbarner@dhmh.state.md.us
Information on CNA Renewal	Tina King trking@dhmh.state.md.us
Information on CNA Endorsment and CNA-DT	Anita Williams ajwilliams@dhmh.state.md.us
Information on Initial Medication Technician Certification	Kia Alexander-Canty alexanderk@dhmh.state.md.us
Information on Medication Technician Renewal	Jaray Jarvis jjarvis@dhmh.state.md.us
Questions about Nursing Assistant training programs	Pamela Ambush-Burris paburris@dhmh.state.md.us