Can I continue 2 work as CNA while waiting for my CNA renewal application to process?

ctmed · Jul 12, 2012

Depends on the state and facility. In Mississippi, for example, they give you a month or two legally to get your paperwork in order.

When I worked agency, they immediately took you off the call list no matter what state I was in or what the rules where for even minor things like an expired TB skin test.

I would just continue to show up for work until they say not to. Seems like this will get sorted out since you do have hours worked as a CNA and hopefully you have not gotten any felonies that would show up on CA's mandatory fingerprinting. As long as you are in the system, they should not have issues. Then again, depends on HR and how anal they want to be.

mintygirl · Jul 12, 2012

Hi y'all! I need your help here, please.

The problem is that I forgot to send the application in early to renew my California CNA certificate. It will expired in 2 days. So today my supervisor helped me faxed the CNA renewal application to the CNA Department. And they probably will receive it by tomorrow. Since this is the first time I'm renew it so I make a big mistake b/c I thought I should wait until my CNA certificate expired to send in the application. But my supervisor just told me that I need to send it in early b/c it will take a lot of time to receive a new one. Now I'm scare b/c I'm very concern that I can not work b/c my certificate is expired and I don't have a new one yet.

My question is, while I'm waiting for my CNA renewal application to process can I still continue to work as a CNA? (It will expired on the day that I'm schedule to work so I don't know if I'm allow to work or not).

My supervisor told me to follow up with the CNA Department tomorrow and ask if they allow me to work while the application is waiting to process.

I couldn't find any info about this on the CNA Registry Board at all.

I can not wait until tomorrow so I really hope someone can answer my question please.

Thanks in advance everyone!

I want to say yes, as you are already working at an LTC facility - I assume, when you said "Supervisor." Next time as a far warning - be on top of your paperwork (including yours.. lol) as this kind of thing can affect you.

The requirement for renewal is that you have at least worked a day's experience and IF you are working in an LTC then it should have just automatically been done. That's how it was for me a few years back.

It does depend on the facility though - I've had one hire a friend of mine, who hadn't received hers because she couldn't afford to take the test. So they paid for it all the while she worked it off, took the test and passed.

Good luck to you though, you should post a follow-up of what happens so other new-grad CNAs can know what to look out for.