F0730 — Nurse Aide Registry Verification; Retraining
F0730 requires facilities to verify nurse aide registry status before allowing an aide to work, and to ensure required retraining occurs if there's been a 24-consecutive-month gap in paid nursing or nursing-related work since the aide's most recent training and competency evaluation.
Common Deficiency Examples
- Nurse aide registry check not completed or documented prior to employment start
- Aide with a 24-consecutive-month gap in paid nursing work not retrained/re-tested before resuming aide duties
- Registry status not periodically re-verified
- Registry finding (e.g., substantiated abuse finding) not acted upon
What Your Plan of Correction Needs
F0730 PoCs are typically an HR/onboarding process fix:
Frequently Asked Questions
What employment gap triggers required retraining?+
A continuous 24-consecutive-month period during which the individual provided no nursing or nursing-related services for pay, counted from their most recent completion of a training and competency evaluation program (42 CFR §483.35(d)(6)). The gap must be continuous — any paid nursing-related work during that window resets the clock.
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