Connecticut CNA Registry
Check any Connecticut certified nursing assistant on the Connecticut State Nurse Aide Registry. The search is free, needs no account, and is the same record an employer sees. This page covers looking up a license, reading the status, keeping your certification active, and getting listed after your exam.
This is the state's own system, run by Connecticut DPH. It is the same database an employer checks, and the only place a certification status is authoritative.
Four ways to use this page. Pick the one that matches your situation.
Connecticut State Nurse Aide Registry
- Governing agency
- Connecticut DPHConnecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section
- Lookup portal
- registry.prometric.com Prometric, public search
- Processing time
- 48 hoursbefore you appear on the registry
- Registry phone
- 866-499-7485
- Renewal cycle
- 24 months work hours must be reported
How to Look Up a Connecticut CNA License
This section is the mechanics: where the search is, what to type into it, and how to read what comes back.
Connecticut keeps its nurse aide records at registry.prometric.com. The search is public, so you can check your own record or a candidate's record without an account and without paying.
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Open the Connecticut registry search
Go to registry.prometric.com and use the Nurse Aide Search panel. The search takes a security check you clear once per visit, then a choice under Search by between Certificate #, which takes up to twelve certificate numbers at once, each typed with its NA prefix, and Name, which takes First Name and Last Name, both required, with Middle Name and Date Of Birth optional. Opening one section closes the other. An optional Employer Code box above the panel can be left empty. No login, no account, no fee.
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Enter your details as the registry recorded them
Use the name from the time of testing, and fill in what the panel asks for. If it offers a certificate number box, the number is unique to one person and a name is not, but some panels take the number or a name, not both.
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Match the record to the person
Check every identifying detail the result shows, not just the name. This search matches both names exactly, so a shortened first name, a former name or a typo returns nothing rather than a close result.
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Read what the record says, not just that a name came back
Appearing on the registry is not the same as being current, so read what the record says about standing, whether that is a status, an expiry date, or both, then check it against the status table below. If a result links through to a fuller record, open it, because some registries keep the status there. The results table shows Name, First Name, Last Name, Middle Name, Findings, Original Cert Date, Expiration Date, County, City. Clicking a row opens the full record, which carries the Certification #, Certification Route, Original Certification Date, Expiration Date, Status and Negative Findings.
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Save a dated copy of the result
Print to PDF or screenshot the page showing the name, certificate number, what the record says about standing, and the date you checked. Employers and agencies usually want that record on file.
How to find your certificate number
Where a search takes the number, it narrows the result to one person in a way a name may not. If you have lost it, it is on any of these.
- Your certificate or wallet card, if your state issued one after the skills test
- The result page of the registry search itself, once you have found your record
- Your employer's personnel file, because facilities record it when they verify you at hire
- The registry, on 866-499-7485, if none of the above works
What Each Connecticut CNA Registry Status Means
The status field is the part that decides whether someone can work. Wording varies by state, so read the exact term on the record rather than assuming what it means.
| Status | What it means | Can they work? |
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| Active | The certification is current until the expiration date on the same record. Read the Negative Findings line beside it as well, because Connecticut will not renew a certificate flagged for resident abuse, neglect, misappropriation of resident property or Medicaid fraud, and bars that person from working in a licensed nursing home. | Yes |
| Lapsed | The certification has passed its expiration date, and Connecticut keeps the record listed. If you did paid nurse aide work that started before it expired, an Employment Verification Form from that employer can still renew it. After more than 24 months with no paid nurse aide or nursing-related work, you have to pass both parts of the exam again. | No |
Why Your Connecticut CNA License Is Not Showing on the Registry
| Problem | What is happening | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Your name returns no results | The registry stores the legal name you used at the time of testing. Connecticut never removes a name from the registry, and the search has no status filter, so a lapsed certification still comes back, marked Lapsed on the record page, even decades after it expired. A miss shows one row repeating the name you typed, with Not Found beside it. If you search by certificate number instead, type the NA at the start, because the digits alone return Not Found. To have a new legal name recorded, send Prometric its Change Request Form with a copy of the legal proof, such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree or name change decree. There is no charge. | Search your maiden or pre-marriage name. Both names are required here and have to match the record exactly, so check the spelling before assuming there is no record. |
| You passed but you are not listed | Results have to reach the registry from your testing entity before you show as certified. | Allow at least 48 hours, then call 866-499-7485 with your test date and testing entity. |
| The record shows as expired but you have been working | Qualifying hours have to be reported before the record updates, and yours may not have been filed. | Ask your administrator or director of nursing to report the hours while the state still accepts them, then re-check the record. |
| Your employer is not sure how to report | Only your employer can file the report, and the registry sets how it has to be sent. | Ask the administrator or director of nursing to contact the registry directly at dph.nurseaide@ct.gov. |
| Details on your record are wrong | Name, address and registry data come from what was submitted to the registry, when your record was created or since. | Contact the registry on 866-499-7485 or dph.nurseaide@ct.gov with documentation of the correct details. |
How to Verify a CNA License in Connecticut
This section is what the result proves: what a record is evidence of, what to save as your copy of it, and what it means for you specifically. The search itself is the same for everyone.
Verifying your own license after finishing training
Look yourself up at registry.prometric.com once your testing entity has filed your results. Allow at least 48 hours before you treat a missing record as a problem. Save a dated copy of the record, because most employers ask for proof at offer stage rather than checking themselves.
Verifying your license after transferring from another state
A certification held in another state does not appear in Connecticut until reciprocity is processed. Until a Connecticut record exists, employers here cannot verify you, and your out-of-state record is the only proof you have. See transferring a license to Connecticut for the application route, then verify the new record the same way.
Verifying someone else's license (for employers)
Federal rules require a facility to check the registry before it lets someone work as a nurse aide. The record carries two things: the certification status, and any substantiated finding of resident abuse, resident neglect or misappropriation of resident property the state has recorded against that person. Read both, because someone can be listed and still carry a finding that bars employment. The record only covers Connecticut, so if a candidate has worked elsewhere, search that state's registry too.
How to Renew Your Connecticut CNA License
Renewal in Connecticut is not a form you file. Active standing continues only when your employer reports qualifying work, which makes renewal something you check rather than something you submit. You cannot report the hours yourself.
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Work at least one 8-hour shift in a qualifying role
The hours must be paid nursing or nursing-related duties inside the 24 months before your record lapses. Unpaid placements and volunteer shifts do not count. Which paid work counts? Paid work as a CNA, or in any position giving direct personal or nursing-related care, for a facility or agency. Private duty work and work in a physician's office can count too, but the employer has to describe the nursing duties you did. Does work in another state count? Yes. The renewal form has an Out of State box, so an employer in another state can verify your paid nurse aide work.
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Ask your employer to report them
Your employer files the report through the state's reporting system, DPH's Nurse Aide Employment Verification Form, emailed, faxed or mailed to the Connecticut Nurse Aide Registry. The registry does not accept hours reported by the worker.
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Check the record, and read the expiry date if it has one
Look yourself up at registry.prometric.com once the report has been filed. Where the record carries an expiry date, a status of active on its own is not enough, because the previous period may still be running, and the expiry date is what tells you the new period has actually started.
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Fix a missing report before it lapses
If the hours were worked but never reported, that is correctable, and it is far easier to correct while the record is still active. Contact the registry on 866-499-7485 or dph.nurseaide@ct.gov and ask what they will accept as evidence of the work.
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Keep your own dated copy
Save a copy of the record showing your current status, and the new expiry date where the record has one. If a report is ever missed, that copy is what you give a new employer while the registry corrects it.
| Item | Connecticut |
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| Active period | 24 months |
| Work required | At least one 8-hour shift of paid nursing or nursing-related duties |
| Which paid work counts | Paid work as a CNA, or in any position giving direct personal or nursing-related care, for a facility or agency. Private duty work and work in a physician's office can count too, but the employer has to describe the nursing duties you did. |
| What does not count | Volunteer shifts and unpaid clinical placements |
| Work in another state | Yes. The renewal form has an Out of State box, so an employer in another state can verify your paid nurse aide work. |
| Who reports it | Your employer only. The registry does not accept hours from the worker |
| Where the report is filed | DPH's Nurse Aide Employment Verification Form, emailed, faxed or mailed to the Connecticut Nurse Aide Registry |
| Evidence of the hours | You fill in your own section of the Nurse Aide Employment Verification Form, then an employer representative fills in your date of hire and last date of employment and signs a certification that it is true. For private duty work or work in a physician's office, the employer also describes the nursing duties you did. |
| Renewal fee | None |
| Filing deadline | Have your employer send the form at least 2 weeks before your expiration date, and allow 10 business days from mailing for it to be processed. The new expiration date is two years from the last day of work the form verifies, not two years from the old date. If the certificate has already expired, a form for paid work that started before it expired can still renew it. |
How to Reinstate a Lapsed Connecticut CNA License
If your active period runs out without the qualifying work reported, the record stops being active. What it takes to come back depends on which of these you are.
| Your situation | What you do | Retesting |
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| You worked recently, but the hours were never reported | Ask that employer to report the hours now, while the state still accepts them | Not while the state still accepts the renewal |
| No qualifying work for 24 months or more | Connecticut lets you come back by retesting without retraining. Apply to Prometric under Route 4, Lapsed Nurse Aide, and pass both the written and clinical skills tests again. | Yes, to work in a Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facility |
| You hold an active certification in another state | Apply through reciprocity. See our Connecticut reciprocity guide | Usually not |
| You are not working in a Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facility | The federal requirement does not reach you, but some states require certification or registration in other settings, and many employers still ask for an active certification | Not under federal rules |
How to Get on the Connecticut CNA Registry
In Connecticut you do not file a registry application yourself. You train, you test, and your testing entity sends the application and results to the registry.
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Meet the basic requirements
Connecticut does not publish a minimum age for registry eligibility. Training providers set their own, so check with the provider before you enrol.
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Complete an approved 100-hour course
Train with a provider approved in Connecticut. See our list of Connecticut CNA programs.
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Pass the written and skills tests
A knowledge examination, which you may take written or orally, and a hands-on skills demonstration. Both must be passed. Federal rules say you can choose to take the knowledge test orally instead of in writing, but some states offer that only as an approved accommodation, so ask your testing entity how to request it if reading is difficult for you or English is not your first language.
If a facility has already hired you, both tests have to be passed within 120 days of your hire date. Our free CNA practice tests cover the same knowledge areas as the written test, and the free CNA skills course walks through the skills evaluation itself.
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Let your testing entity file the results
The testing entity sends your application and results straight to the registry. There is nothing for you to submit.
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Check that you appear on the registry
Allow at least 48 hours, then look yourself up at registry.prometric.com before you contact the registry.
Connecticut CNA Registry Contact Information
- Phone
- 866-499-7485
- dph.nurseaide@ct.gov
- Mailing address
- Connecticut Nurse Aide Registry Program
Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS#12APP
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
- License lookup
- registry.prometric.com
- Registry information
- Connecticut DPH Nurse Aide Registration page
Connecticut CNA Requirements at a Glance
| Requirement | Connecticut |
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| Registry name | Connecticut State Nurse Aide Registry |
| Credential term used by the state | nurse aide |
| Governing agency | Connecticut Department of Public Health, Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section |
| Total training hours | 100 |
| Exam | A knowledge examination, which you may take written or orally, and a hands-on skills demonstration. Both must be passed. |
| Testing deadline | Both tests within 120 days of hire |
| Processing time | 48 hours |
| Renewal cycle | 24 months, employer-reported hours |
| Testing vendor | Prometric, for both the written or oral test and the clinical skills test. The written and oral tests can also be taken in Spanish |
Transferring a CNA License To or From Connecticut (Reciprocity)
Reciprocity is how an active certification held in one state becomes a certification in another. It usually avoids retesting, but only while your current certification is in good standing. A lapsed or flagged record cannot transfer.
The route in and out of Connecticut, the documents required and the current processing time are covered in the guide. The tool checks any two states against each other.
Connecticut CNA Training Programs
The steps above are the whole route onto the registry. The one thing that usually comes before them is an approved 100-hour program.
| Program | City |
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| Warren Harding High School | Bridgeport |
| New Haven Adult Education | New Haven |
| Northeast Medical Institute | Stamford |
| Saint Martin's Episcopal Church | Hartford |
| Waterbury Career Academy High School | Waterbury |
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Connecticut CNA Registry FAQ
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Look Up a CNA License in Another State
Every state runs its own registry, and a certification is only verifiable in the state that issued it. Pick a state to see its portal, its status vocabulary and its renewal rules.