If you wish to transfer from Iowa to another state registry, please first contact the registry in that state.
Most automated lines are free 800 numbers and can provide some good information. When a CNA wants to transfer to Iowa from another state registry, they must complete the Iowa Direct Care Registry application.Processing time varies please allow at least two weeks. When you call, you may get an automated line. Tell them where you are moving from and where to and where they can send the new card.
Ask them what items you will need to fax or mail but be prepared to send at least the following: Copy of your Social Security CardĬopy of your drivers license (or other photo ID)Ĭopy of a recent pay stub or something to document that you have worked in a nursing home in the past two years. Then fax or mail your info to the attention of the person you spoke to. Be sure to clarify the fax number and the mailing address. The Iowa Department of Inspections & Appeals maintains the IDCWR. To work as a CNA in any Iowa-based long-term care facility, one must be listed in the Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry. If the agency in your new state says it is acceptable for you to fax or mail info, then do this right away. In Iowa, a CNA, or a Certified Nurse Aide, is classified as a DCW, or a Direct Care Worker. Call them by name while you are talking so they remember you.ģ. Be sure to get the name of those who talk with you and their phone numbers. You need not to go through the whole process of retraining and reexamination. Some nursing assistants have been able to fax their request directly to the state they are moving into rather than with their home state. CNA license reciprocity is otherwise termed as acquiring CNA license by endorsement. Then contact the other state and ask them the same thing. Because of the personally-identifiable information in these documents, neither applications for the Iowa registry nor forms for transferring to other states can be emailed. Ask them if you should send the completed form to them or to the state to which you are moving.Ģ. If you wish to transfer from Iowa to another state registry, please first contact the registry in that state. The first step is to contact the Nurse Aide Registry in your home state and request a "Application for Enrollment By Reciprocity". This means that you are asking the new state to recognize the approval you received from your home state.ġ. If you already are Licensed, Certified, Registered or State Approved in your own State and want to move to another state, you will need to request reciprocity. You also cannot work as a nursing assistant in a nursing home in any state unless you are approved by that state. By Federal and State Laws, you must pass a State prescribed course and test in order to work as a nursing assistant in a nursing home.