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Continuing Education Requirements
All NHA licensees must present 20 clock hours of continuing education to qualify for license renewal unless you have received a newly issued license. NHA licensees should count clock hours for workshops and activities completed between last May 1 and this April 30. Clock hours earned after April 30 this year may be used to meet your required number of clock hours, but cannot be carried over from year to year, nor can those used for renewal last year be used again for this year’s renewal. Clock hours earned prior to May 1 last year may NOT be used for this year’s renewal.
New Licensees
New NHA licenses have a prorated amount of CE clock hours due for their first renewal period. The amount of CE clock hours due for these licensees is based on the percentage of the full year they held a license. If you are a new NHA licensee, please review the chart below.
| If your NHA license was issued in: |
Amount of CE Hours needed |
| July |
20 |
| August, September, or October |
15 |
| November, December, or January |
10 |
| February or March |
5 |
| April, May, or June |
0 |
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CE Attestation Record Form and CE Activity List
The Continuing Education attestation record form provides space to record the CE credits you earned since the last renewal cycle. Record the types of CE credits you have earned in the appropriate sections of the form. It is recommended you keep your certificates with this form in the event you are audited by the board.
This list contains the board rules for activities other than traditional workshops and programs. It is your responsibility to provide evidence if you choose any of these activities.
Other State's Approved CE Activities
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Approved Continuing Education List
Check the listing of board approved CE programs and approval numbers on the approved continuing education list. This list is updated monthly.
BELTSS accepts continuing education activities that have received approval from NAB. Licensees can look up activities in the NAB Approved CE Database.
An organization which annually sponsors many education seminars institutes, workshops, or home study courses, may request designation by the board as a registered continuing education sponsor on an annual basis. Registering continuing education sponsors may assign CE credit clock hours to their own program offerings applying the provisions of this chapter. Interested organizations should review
Minnesota Administrative Rules 6400.6870 Subp. 4 though Subp. 6.
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Audit
The BELTSS database randomly chooses individual audits. We are required to audit at least 5% of all renewals. After July 1 all renewals are audited.
All NHA and HSE licensee must present 20 credits of continuing education every year to qualify for license renewal.
If your renewal application is selected for audit, we will contact you by email. Within 15 days, you will need to provide copies of your certificates of attendance verifying your continuing education credits and the CE Attestation record sheet must be submitted in a single PDF version emailed to beltss.hlb@state.mn.us. It is important you keep your email address updates in your individual license portal in the profile section.
