Aide and Technician Certification Information

Effective July 12, 2006, applicants for Nurse Assistant, Home Health Aide, or Hemodialysis Technician are no longer required to send fees or payments for certification. This includes delinquent certificates and initial applications as a result of Reciprocities, Equivalencies, and Reactivations. Processing Fees submitted with the applications will be returned.

In addition, each health facility that is operating as a health care facility (excluding facilities with license in suspense) and is used as a clinical skills site for nurse assistant certification training (either through operation of its own training program, or through a contract with another training program) shall arrange for and pay the cost of Live Scan services for those trainees.

Please see the following letters (AFL 06-07, AFL 06-18, AFL 06-29). We appreciate your patience as we implement this new process. If you have any questions please call (916) 327-2445 or via email at cna@cdph.ca.gov.

Certification

The Aide and Technician Certification Section (ATCS), CNA/HHA/CHT Certification Unit, is primarily in charge in the certification of Nurse Assistants, Home Health Aides and/or Hemodialysis Technicians.

Verify CNA/HHA/CHT certification and NHAP license on-line

The Aide and Technician Certification Facts booklet is designed to provide instructions to trainers and staff developers regarding requirements for:

• Fingerprint Application Process
• Criminal Background Pre-Screening: Disqualifying Penal Code Sections (PDF)
• Training Program Review Forms and Requirements 
• Questions and Answers to the 2002 OIG Report (PDF)

ATCS Forms

• CNA/HHA Program Forms

Helpful Resources

• Aide and Technician Certification Facts (PDF)
• Certified Nurse Assistant and/or Certified Home Health Aide FAQ (PDF)

Related Links

• California Health and Safety Code
• California Business and Professions Code
• California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 5, Chapter 2.5, Article 1
• Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations, 483.75 and 483 Subpart D (PDF)

ATCS Contact Information

Please note that the Interactive Voice Response Unit (IVRU) is an automated phone number (916) 327-2445, which accommodates a heavy volume of calls. There is no voice message system within it. Therefore, it is preferable to FAX information to the CNA/HHA/Certification Unit, FAX (916) 552-8785, or send an email to the CNA email address: cna@cdph.ca.gov

Mailing Address:    
1615 Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 997416, MS 3301
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377