The Credentialing Unit licenses, certifies and issues permits to individuals that work and provide services to nursing facility residents. Credentialing of these individuals is a vital process to ensure that they are qualified to perform the services that they provide.
The HHS Regulatory Services Division, Licensing and Credentialing Section and Enforcement Section manages:
- Nursing facility administrator (NFA) licensing, investigation, and sanctions
- Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP)
- Nurse aide certification, investigation and sanctions
- Nurse Aide Registry (NAR)
- Medication aide (MA) permitting, investigation and sanctions
- Employment Misconduct Registry (EMR) of unlicensed staff of HHS-regulated facilities and agencies found to have committed acts of abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation or misconduct
The Licensing and Credentialing Section’s Nursing Facility Administrators Licensing Branch:
- Licenses NFAs, certifies nurse aides, and permits medication aides;
- Manages the nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs
- Maintains the NAR and medication aide database
The Professional Credentialing Enforcement Unit of the Enforcement Section:
- Conducts investigations of NFA complaints and referrals and sanctions violation of NFA requirements
- Makes findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation against nurse aides and enters on the NAR, entering findings of misconduct to the MA database
- Manages the EMR program
For questions, contact the Credentialing Unit.