N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-43.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:39-43.6 - Recertification

(a) The Department shall require the renewal and updating of a nurse aide listing on the registry at least once every two years on a schedule established by the Department.

(b) In order to be recertified, an individual shall have a currently valid nurse aide in long-term care facilities certificate and shall have been employed performing nursing or nursing-related services for at least seven hours for pay, in a licensed health care facility or for an agency licensed by the Department, within the past 24 months from the date of expiration as specified on the nurse aide certificate, and shall not have had his or her certificate revoked in accordance with 8:39-43.5(a), and shall not have his or her certificate suspended in accordance with 8:39-43.5(b).

(c) The designated facility representative shall verify such employment by signing the individual's recertification data mailer upon request of the individual.

(d) Any individual who does not meet the recertification requirement listed in (b) above and who wishes to be recertified, shall repeat the requirements for certification at 8:39-43.2, unless the original date of issue of the certificate is within the five years prior to the expiration date listed on the certificate and the nurse aide successfully completes the skills evaluation and written/oral examination.

1. Any individual who has allowed his or her certificate to expire must undergo a criminal background investigation as required by N.J.A.C. 8:43I, regardless of whether the person must complete a training program.

(e) Notwithstanding (a), (b), (c), or (d) above, any certified nurse aide whose certification is scheduled to expire between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 shall be permitted to renew his or her certification outside of the two-year window required at (a) above, through March 19, 2021.

(f) Notwithstanding (a) through (e) above, any certified nurse aide whose certification is scheduled to expire between March 1, 2020, and the date the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency expires or terminates, shall be permitted to renew his or her certification outside of the two-year window required at (a) above, and up to and until 30 days after the expiration or termination date of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:39-43.6

Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020) 52 N.J.R. 1152(a), effective 4/29/2020

Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020) 52 N.J.R. 1485(a), effective 6/8/2020

Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020) 53 N.J.R. 101(a), effective 9/1/2020.

Modified by Executive Order No. 103 (2020) 53 N.J.R. 975(a), effective 3/20/2021.