If you are not active, your application cannot be processed. Before sending the application, check the registry for the state or states listed on your application to verify that you are an active CNA. If you send in the application without the payment, it will be rejected. Southern Illinois University – Carbondale Our office cannot accept a personal check or cash.
You will have to submit your application by mail along with a money order for $25.00 payable to SIUC or Nurse Aide Testing. Must have no disqualifying convictions on home state’s registry.Īs of July 1, 2023, a $25.00 fee has been instituted for the reciprocity process.Must have no administrative findings of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property on the home state’s CNA registry or any other state’s CNA registry.Have documentation of current registration from another state indicating requirements listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (42 CFR, Sections 483.151 and 483.152) have been met.In order to meet the requirements for transfer, you must have been deemed competent on another state’s registry for CNAs You will have to go through the program again, if you don’t take the test within the specified time period of 90-days.Please verify your status on the Registry from your state prior to submitting an application to transfer to Illinois. What do I have to do now?Īnswer – If you have completed your program, but failed to clear either practical or written portion of the exam, then you will have to retake the failed section 2 more times within ninety (90) days of the first failure.
Question 3 – Recently, I challenged the CNA certification exam and failed. If you don’t know the association that issued your license, call the Health Education Unit at (573) 526-5686. Since my last name has changed, how do I order a new license with my current name?Īnswer – You must contact the certifying association that issued your license. Question 2 – I got married a few weeks ago. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services specifies who may challenge the CNA test. Call (573) 526-5686 if your paperwork has not been sent for certification and ask for the CNA registry or HEU (Health Education Unit). In case you challenged the exam, you must contact the examiner and ask for further information. What do I need to do now?Īnswer – You must contact the facility / school from where you took the program course or ask them the name of the association where they have sent your paperwork. Question 1 – I took the nurse aide exam a few months ago, but my name is still not listed on the CNA registry. Photocopy of out-of-country criminal background check decoded to English.Photocopy of out-of-country certificate or license.Photocopy of school transcript translated into English.If you have successfully completed a nursing program outside the United States and are still waiting to obtain licensure in MO, then submit the below documents: Nursing Program Completed Outside the U.S. Work verification of 8 hours in every 24 months till the out-of-state registry tracks your employment.ĥ.If you are presently active on the Nurse Aide Registry of another state, you will be allowed to challenge the Missouri CNA exam, in order to get registered as a CNA in the state. A copy of the certificate proving successful completion of the nursing program.Failure notice from the Board of Nursing.If you hold an RN or LPN nursing licensure but failed the state licensure exam, you must provide the following documents: If you are currently enrolled in an LPN or RN program and have completed Fundamentals of Nursing course (including a clinical rotation) in the past 5 years, you need to provide a copy of the transcript. Take and pass the CNA competency examination.Submit a copy of your SSN card, phone number and a return address where you can be contacted at any time of the day.Provide a copy of your transcript showing successful completion of a clinical rotation and Fundamentals of Nursing with a passing grade.
If you are a nursing student, you are supposed to meet the following eligibility criteria: Aspirants applying for CNA licensure in Missouri need to fulfill the below requirements: