Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) · rules checked October 22, 2026
Your initial certification is valid for 2 years and must be renewed through the Online Licensing System (MyLicense One) to stay active. You must have worked at least 8 hours in nursing or nursing-related activities during each 2-year renewal cycle. Private care hours are NOT accepted in Indiana. Renewal is free.
If you have never worked for pay since certifying, use your certification date.
| Credential | Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) |
|---|---|
| Registry | Indiana Aides Registry (Indiana Department of Health) · 317-233-7442 |
| Training required | 75 hours |
| Exam | Ivy Tech Community College — Not published — confirm with the registry |
| How renewal works | A calendar renewal and a paid-work rule both apply. Renewal fee: $0. |
| Keep-active work rule | Your initial certification is valid for 2 years and must be renewed through the Online Licensing System (MyLicense One) to stay active. You must have worked at least 8 hours in nursing or nursing-related activities during each 2-year renewal cycle. Private care hours are NOT accepted in Indiana. Renewal is free. |
| Continuing education | No CE is required of the aide to renew. Nursing facilities must provide in-service training to their aides, but that is the facility's duty, not a registry renewal condition for the aide. |
| Who reports your work | You do — nobody files it for you |
Changing soon: Indiana rebuilt its CNA rules on September 1, 2025: the training standard dropped from 105 hours to 75 (30 classroom + 45 clinical), and the reciprocity route changed with it — no fee and no exam on IDOH's current page. Guides written before that date describe a state that no longer exists.
Portal, forms, the steps in order, the exact fee, and the trap that lapses Indiana aides — our guide How to renew your CNA license in Indiana walks the renewal end to end.
Expired 8 months or less: renew online. Expired more than 8 months: your verifying employer must complete the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Renewal Form in full and submit it to the Registry (aides@health.in.gov or fax 317-233-7442), confirming you worked at least 8 paid hours in the past 24 months.
If the certification has sat unrenewed long enough to move to 'Registry History' status (reported as about 2 years after expiry), it cannot be renewed — contact the Registry, then complete a state-approved nurse aide training program again and pass both the written and skills exams again.
Private-duty / private care hours do not count toward the 8-hour rule in Indiana, unlike some neighbouring states. The 8-month mark is a hidden second deadline: past it, you can no longer self-renew online and need an employer to file the renewal form for you.
Application fee: Not published — confirm with the registry. Must be currently certified as a CNA in another state, with the certification active, in good standing, and free of verified complaints or disciplinary action (IDOH certification page). IDOH's current page lists NO fee and NO examination for reciprocity — every other route on the same page (training, student nurse, graduate nurse, EMR, military) expressly requires passing the competency evaluation; reciprocity does not. Work-history requirement: Must be active in good standing on the home-state registry; employer letter proving recent work required for applicants from states without registry numbers/expiry dates.. Older Indiana materials (before the September 2025 regime change) charged a $65 testing fee and required incoming aides to retake the written exam. IDOH's current certification page lists neither for reciprocity, and this site follows the current page. If a testing center quotes you an exam fee for a transfer, ask which route it belongs to before paying.
The table below is computed for an active aide in good standing, trained to the origin state's standard hours. Your own hours or status can change your row — run the transfer checker with your real facts.
| Certified in | Verdict for Indiana | Fee | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Alaska | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Arizona | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Arkansas | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| California | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Colorado | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Connecticut | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Delaware | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| District of Columbia | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Florida | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Georgia | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Hawaii | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Idaho | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Illinois | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Indiana | Same state — no transfer needed | ||
| Iowa | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Kansas | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Kentucky | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Louisiana | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Maine | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Maryland | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Massachusetts | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Michigan | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Minnesota | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Mississippi | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Missouri | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Montana | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Nebraska | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Nevada | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| New Hampshire | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| New Jersey | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| New Mexico | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| New York | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| North Carolina | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| North Dakota | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Ohio | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Oklahoma | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Oregon | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Pennsylvania | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Rhode Island | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| South Carolina | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| South Dakota | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Tennessee | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Texas | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Utah | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Vermont | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Virginia | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Washington | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| West Virginia | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Wisconsin | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
| Wyoming | Accepted — with conditions | Not published — confirm with the registry | Indiana accepts active certifications with a work-history requirement. |
The kit carries Indiana's full recovery path — the forms, the order to file them, the phone scripts — plus transfer checklists for every destination. See the kit →
