How to Become a Home Health Aide in North Dakota

Home health aides must apply with the state to be listed on the nurse aide registry and must renew their status annually. The application forms are available online:

1. Initial Home Health Aide Application
2. Home Health Aide Renewal Application
3. There is a $25 fee for both the initial application and renewal applications. For more information about the North Dakota Nurse Registry, visit the Frequent Asked Questions.

Required Training and Certification

While no formal training is required to work as a home health aide in North Dakota, HHAs employed by an agency must have completed a nurse aide training program and passed a competency evaluation.

• The training program must be at least 75 hours, with 16 hours of classroom training before any supervised practical training (which also requires a minimum of 16 hours).

• The Department of Health provides a list of approved Certified Nurse Aide Training Programs. You can access the list by clicking the link below

CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF TRAINING PROGRAMS

• Nurse Aide Registry - Home health aides must apply with the state to be listed on the nurse aide registry and must renew their status annually. The Nurse Aide Registry and application forms are available online and can be accessed by clicking the link below

CLICK HERE FOR NURSE AIDE REGISTRY

• Frequently asked questions on the registry can be accessed here

• There is a $25 fee for both the initial application and renewal applications.