Registry Renewal

Mississippi - National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP)

Once you’re listed on the Registry, Credentia will mail a notification of continued enrolment to your home address (as listed on the Registry) about ninety (90) days before your enrolment expires.
To be eligible for continued enrolment, you need to work as a nurse aide at least one day (8 hours in a row) for pay in an approved facility (such as a nursing home, personal care home, hospital, home health agency, intermediate care facility, or hospice) during the previous twenty-four (24) months. Self-employment, private-duty or employment in doctors’ offices do not count for approved work experience.
After renewing your status on the Registry, you will be mailed a new Registry Card (also known as a Notice of Enrolment), which will be valid for the next twenty-four (24) months. It is important that your current address is always listed on the Nurse Aide Registry to ensure that you get important documentation about your enrollment.

CNA365 Online Renewal

Credentia’s CNA365 system allows you to easily renew your registration info online. You can:

Renew your nurse aide registration
Update your address (during and outside the renewal registration process)
Make any necessary name and Social Security number changes

For easy instructions how to renew online, visit http://www.credentia.com and select “How to Renew Your Registration” in the Nurse Aide Registry Resource section of the webpage.

Change of Address or Name

The Registry must be kept informed of your current address and name. If you change your address or your name at any time after you are placed on the Registry, you MUST inform the Registry in order to keep your enrollment information up to date. Please use the Change of Address or Name Form in the back of this handbook (or go to https:// pulseportal.com for address changes ONLY).

If you have changed your name, you must submit written documentation (copy of a marriage certificate, a divorce decree, or another official document) along with the Change of Address or Name Form.

If you do not have a Change of Address or Name Form, you may send a letter and supporting documentation to Credentia informing them of your old name and/or address, your new name and/or address, your Social Security number, and your telephone number. There is no charge for this service. If you want your Registry Card (also known as a Notice of Enrolment) to show your new name, you must contact Credentia at the address or phone number listed in the Quick Reference information on the inside front cover of this handbook.

Certification by Reciprocity

Reciprocity is a process by which a certified nurse aide from another state may qualify for certification in the state of Mississippi by virtue of his or her status in that other state.

You are eligible for reciprocity if you have been entered on a nurse aide registry in a state other than Mississippi in accordance with the training and competency evaluation requirements of OBRA ’87, as amended, and if you are currently listed on that state’s registry as active and in good standing.

Nurse aides from out of state who are eligible for reciprocity should complete a Reciprocity Application online in their CNA365 account.

The length of the reciprocity process depends on the time it takes your state to provide Credentia with documents verifying your status as a nurse aide. Credentia will process your request as soon as it receives the necessary registry verification from the state in which you are certified (along with the application, W2 Form or paystub, and fee from you). The entire process takes a minimum of thirty (30) days. If additional information is required, you will be emailed by Credentia.

If you are denied reciprocity in Mississippi, you must take and pass the NNAAP® Examination in order to be added to the Mississippi Nurse Aide Registry.

If you fail either the Written (or Oral) Examination or the Skills Evaluation on the first try, you will be required to complete a Mississippi-approved nurse aide training program before being allowed to re-test under Eligibility Route E1 as a new nurse aide. If you have been denied reciprocity because you have negative findings on the registry of another state, you are not eligible to take the NNAAP® Examination for certification in Mississippi.

Re-Certification

The original Nurse Aide Certificate from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Bureau of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification, is valid for twenty-four (24) months from the date of issue. Approximately sixty (60) days before the expiration of your Nurse Aide Certificate, Credentia will send a reminder notice (known as renewal notification) to the mailing address listed on the Registry. You may also print a Registry Renewal Form from the Credentia web site (http://www.credentia.com).

To be eligible for re-certification, you must have worked as a nurse aide performing nurse aide services for monetary compensation for at least eight (8) hours in a nursing home or other health care setting during the previous twenty-four (24) month certification period.

Re-Certification Process

Under federal and Mississippi state laws, candidates employed as nurse aides in nursing homes that participate in Medicaid/Medicare programs are prohibited from paying for their own re-certification.

When you receive your renewal notification from Credentia, contact your current employer (which must be a nursing home, hospital, hospice, home health agency or ICF/ MR facility). Your employer is required to complete the employer section of the Re-certification Form. If you are working for an employment agency, and are placed in a long-term care facility, you must have the facility fill out the employer section of the Re-certification Form. An employment agency cannot fill out the employer section of the Re-certification Form. Employment as a private-duty aide, doctor’s office aide, laboratory aide, personal care home assisted living aide, or personal care home residential living aide does not qualify for re-certification.