CNA License Reciprocity in Oregon

Fill in the online application:

1. Create an account with the OSBN Nurse Portal
2. Complete the account registration
3. Click on “Apply for License” at the top right corner of the first box “Your Licenses with OSBN”
4. Under “CNA Endorsement Application” click on “CNA”
5. Insert your information in “General Information”
6. Answer the “Eligibility Questions”
   • CNA duties: you will need to have completed an OBRA approved Nurse Assistant training program in a state other than Oregon, have been certified as a Nurse Assistant (CNA) in another state and, if you completed your training program over two years ago, have worked as a CNA for at least 400 hours in the past two years
   • Cultural Competency Education: you will need to have completed two hours of cultural competency education within the past two years – you do not need to send copies of completion certificates to the Board but will need to retain them if you get audited. More details here
7. Insert your education history in “Education History”
8. Add reference to licenses you may hold if applicable in “Other Healthcare Licenses”
9. Answer the query regarding your employment history in “Employment History”
10. Review the information submitted and confirm the “Application Confirmation”
11. Pay the fee and submit your application
12. Submit the following to the Oregon Board of Nursing (see details below):
    • Evidence of completion of a nurse assistant training program that meets OBRA standards, i.e. 75 hours of combined classroom instruction and clinical practice. See Oregon’s requirements here. You can show proof in three ways:
      • Copy of training certificate of completion – which must contain your name, name of training program, date of completion, number of classroom hours, number of clinical hours, and signature of the director or primary instructor; or
      • Signed letter from the training program on company letterhead that lists your training completion date and the total number of classroom and clinical hours. Your training program must send the original document directly to the Board of Nursing; or
      • Signed letter from the state regulatory body that issued your CNA certificate on agency letterhead that verifies you completed an approved training program. It must list the completion date and the total number of classroom and clinical hours. The state regulatory body must send the document directly to the Board of Nursing
    • If your current state does not have an online CNA registry, you will need to arrange for verification by writing to the Board of Nursing (see details below)