CEU Training Requirements (In-Services) for CNA's

CNA certificates must be renewed every two (2) years.  You may renew your certificate any time within two (2) years after the expiration date of your certificate, if by the time your certificate expires you will have completed the following:

1. You have previously received and maintained criminal record clearance for CNA, HHA, Intermediate Care Facility- Developmentally Disabled (ICF-DD), DD Habilitative, or DD Nursing and a criminal clearance is granted. 
2. You have provided nursing or nursing-related services in a facility to residents for compensation (under the supervision of a licensed health professional) within your most recent certification period.
3. You have successfully obtained and submitted documentation of forty-eight (48) hours of In-Service Training/CEUs within your most recent certification period.  A minimum of twelve (12) of the forty-eight (48) hours shall be completed in each year of the two (2) year certification period.  A maximum of twenty-four (24) of the forty-eight (48) hours may be obtained only through a CDPH-approved online computer training program listed on our website.  
   

If you are unable to meet renewal requirements and your certificate has not been expired for more than two (2) years, you may reactivate the certificate by taking the Competency Evaluation examination.  To reactivate the CNA certificate, please submit the completed Renewal Application (CDPH 283C)​, making sure to check the “yes” box for question number six (6) in the “Reactivation” section.  If approved, a Competency Evaluation approval letter will be sent to you, along with information needed to schedule the examination.  You must complete the examination within two (2) years from your certificate’s expiration date.  Once you have successfully passed the examination, maintained criminal record clearance, and the results from the testing vendor have been received, CDPH will issue a current CNA certificate.

source: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/CNA-FAQ-Renewal.aspx