The Registry

Update your name or address with the OBRA Registry promptly to stay compliant

Change of Address or Name

The North Carolina Medication Aide Registry must be kept informed of your current address and name once you become listed on the registry.

There is no charge for changing your name or address on the Registry. You may notify the Registry of a name or address change by using the Address or Name Change Reporting Form on the Medication Aide Registry website (https://ncnar.ncdhhs.gov). Alternatively, you may call the Medication Aide Registry at 1-919 855- 3969 to change your mailing address on the Registry.

If your name changes at any time after you are placed on the Registry, you must send written notification of this change to the Registry.

Note: If you changed your name, you must provide official documentation along with your notification.

Written documentation must include:

a copy of your signed social security card with the new name on it, and
a copy of a court issued marriage certificate, divorce decree, or other legal document that demonstrates the name change.

Your notification must include your previous name, current name, mailing address, phone number, and Social Security number. All documents provided to the Registry in support of your name change must be official and legal documents. Any documents provided may be subject to verification with the issuing source.

Note: Failure to inform the Registry of an address or name change may jeopardize your listing status. A correct address is required.

Listing Renewal

Medication aides on the Medication Aide Registry must renew their registry listing to remain eligible for employment as a medication aide. To be eligible for renewal based on employment, you must work for pay as a medication aide for at least eight (8) hours every twenty-four (24) months. This employment must be documented and reported to the Medication Aide Registry prior to each listing expiration date. The listing expiration date is twenty-four (24) months from either the date of your last successful competency examination or your last reported date worked, whichever is more recent. If your listing expires, you will be required to complete a NC Board of Nursing-approved training program and a new competency examination to be re listed on the Registry.

Failure to inform the Registry of an address or name change may jeopardize your listing status. A correct address is required for you to receive notification for renewal. If you work in a skilled nursing facility as a medication aide, you must also maintain a current listing on the Nurse Aide I Registry.

Renewal Notice

Medication Aide Renewal Forms may be completed online at https://ncnar.ncdhhs.gov/ under Medication Aide – Nursing Home. The renewal form is to be completed by the Medication Aide and the Employment Verification Form is to be completed by a Registered Nurse for Renewal. It is your responsibility to renew by the expiration date, The date of hire on your Renewal Application must be a date prior to the date your listing expired.

Renewal Fee

There is no fee for re-listing on the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry.