Florida Certified Nursing Assistant Inservice Training Requirements

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FMES offers all 12 mandatory in-service training for Florida CNAs online. Satisfy the other 12 hours with any of our other programs, for a total of 24 hours for license renewal.

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Certified Nursing Assistants are required by the Florida Board of Nursing to complete 12 in-service hours per calendar year that shall include the following subject areas during the biennium:

Be sure to take the Your mandatory 12 hour inservice for CNAs TEST, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call (386-325-5790 or email)

• HIV/AIDS, Infection Control; (3 hours)

• Domestic Violence; (2 hours)

• Medical Record Documentation and Legal Aspects Appropriate to Nursing Assistants;
(1 hour)

• Resident Rights; (2 hours)

• Communication with cognitively impaired clients; (1 hour)

• CPR skills; (1 hour)

• Medical Error Prevention and Safety. (2 hours)

• For a total of 12 mandatory in-service hours. Register for free and Get Started!

Although there are no minimum time requirements for any of the mandatory subject areas from the Florida Board of Nursing, a CNA may receive in-service credits for attending a continuing education course by an approved educational provider, like FMES, in these and other topics.

Florida CNA license renewal
Your Florida CNA license is good for 2 years. The Board of Nursing sends out renewal letters to your last known address. It is your responsibility to keep your address current with the Nursing Assistant Registry. We report credits to CEBroker, the state's auditing system.

Check your license, some CNAs will expire 12/31/2010!

If you do not renew your license/certificate by 12/31/2010 it will become delinquent and you will be required to pay a delinquent fee of $50, in addition to the renewal fee. The renewal must be postmarked by 12/31/2010.

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In addition, the Agency for Healthcare Administration and the Department of Elderly Affairs have specific in-service requirements for CNAs who work in certain facilities or agencies.

Mailing address for the Florida Registry of CNA's:

Certifed Nursing Assistant Registry
Florida Board of Nursing
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN C13
Tallahassee, FL 32399

CNA Registry:
850-245-4567

Exemptions from in-service training

A certified nursing assistant is exempt from the in-service education requirement if the certified nursing assistant was on active duty with the Armed Forces for 6 months or more during the calendar year, and was in good standing with the Board at the time active duty began. However, this exemption will not arise on the basis of the performance of short periods of active duty (such as summer or weekend drills) by a member of the Armed Forces Reserves. Duty in the United States Public Health Service is not considered duty in the Armed Forces.

A certified nursing assistant who is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces and was caused to be absent from Florida due to the spouse’s duties with the Armed Forces shall be exempt from in-service hour requirements. The certified nursing assistant must show satisfactory proof of the absence and the spouse’s military status.

Each certified nursing assistant must retain in-service compliance records for a period of 4 years and submit records to the Board if required for auditing. FMES will keep a record of your in-service hours, that are completed on our website, for 4 years.

Florida Department of Health has made two changes effective January 1, 2006:

• First, Florida Board of Nursing educational providers may record completed course credit in CE Broker for Certified Nursing Assistants. As an educational provider we are not required by the Florida Department of Health to submit CNA course completions, however, FMES will report your credits to CEBroker, as you earn them

• Second, Certified Nursing Assistants renewing their licenses beyond the December 31, 2005 expiration will be issued a new license number by the Florida Department of Health. The new license number will begin with "CNA" and will be followed by a number (similar to other professions). Be sure to give us your Florida CNA number when registering on our website.