Nurses Aid FAQs

To schedule or cancel an examination, On-Line Registration, score report, dial: Credentia (866) 751-5809

For certification, reciprocity, renewal, or registry support, please dial: Credentia (800) 475-8290

SC Nurse Aides Website | South Carolina State-Approved Nurse Aide Training Programs list

SC Nurse Aide Registry Search | SC Candidate Handbook (Written & Skills Evaluation information)

General nurse aide questions, comments or concerns, and South Carolina requirements email: scnar@scdhhs.gov

  1. How to become a Certified nurse aide in South Carolina?

 

Option 1: Worked 6 months as a TNA

Worked as a TNA in a nursing facility during the PHE between January 27, 2020 - April 06, 2022, for a minimum of 6 months and completed the 8-hour TNA course to satisfy classroom training hours.

 

Option 2: Worked less than 6 months as a TNA

Worked as a TNA in a nursing facility during the PHE between January 27, 2020- June 05, 2022. Worked 40 hours as a TNA and completed a minimum of a 60-hour classroom training course from a state-approved nurse aide training program. The 40 work hours as a TNA counts as credit of the required 40 clinical hours of nurse aide training.

 

Providers send attestation form to scnar@scdhhs.gov > SCDHHS receives form and verifies listed TNAs meets an option and also registered by that option in cna365 >SCDHHS approves TNA application>Approved TNA able to schedule examination(written and skills).

 

  • Complete a 100-hour state-approved nurse aide training courseMust take and pass both parts of the exam (written and skills) within 24 months after completing training. 

SC nurse aide training programs list:   CNA365 Account Registration:   E1 Exam Registration Instructions:

  • Out of State training(Includes U.S. territories such as Guam, N. Mariana Islands)

E2 Exam Registration Instructions:

  • Reciprocity/Transfer active c.n.acertification(Includes U.S. territories such as Guam, N. Mariana Islands)Certification in good standing from another state to South Carolina

Apply online forreciprocity       Reciprocity Instructions:  Contact Credentia: 800-475-8290

  • Reciprocity requirement:A 100-hour nurse aide training program completion certificate OR an employment verification letter verifying 6 months of nurse aide related work experience within the last 24 months must be uploaded onto your online application.
  • Reciprocity Registry Verification Forms:Upload registry verification forms online via your cna365 account onto the reciprocity application or mail registry verification forms to:

Credentia

ATTN: Corrine Moore

3 Bala Plaza West

Suite 400A

Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004

 

  • Nursing Students-Current or prior nursing students that have successfully completed a fundamentals of nursing course within the past 2 years with a C or better, may send transcripts to scnar@scdhhs.gov for review, to get approval to test.
  • RN/LPN/LVN -Current, active, U.S. compact nursing licensure or foreign licensed RN/LPN/LVN nurses. Send licensure information to scnar@scdhhs.gov
  • Military personnel- May send transcripts of relevant nurse aide training to scnar@scdhhs.gov  for review of approval to test.
  • Lapsed South Carolina c.n.a certificationthat has been lapsedLESS THAN 2 years may test (written and skills exam) to get certification back to active status. Account Registration:

E3 Registration Instructions:

 

  1. Exam Registration and Scheduling Services: (866) 751-5809 Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. EST     Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

Contact Credentia to:

  • Schedule, reschedule or cancel an examination, questions about On-Line Registration, Score Report

 

  1. Contact South Carolina NNAAP® Registry: (800) 475-8290 Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
    • Obtain information about re-certification on the Registry, renewal, clarify information about the Registry, registry support, Obtain or complete a Reciprocity Application

 

  1.  How to start a Nurse Aide Training Program Packet

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  1. Report C.N.A abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property, check c.n.a abuse registry status or investigations. Nurse Aide Abuse Investigations call SC Department of Health and Environmental Control   (803) 545-4370  or 1-800-922-6735  Submit Online C.N.A. Abuse Complaint Form
  2. Medicaid Certified Nursing Facilities

 

  1. Paid Feeding Assistants (PFAs) Program

 

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