The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 028 : Nursing
Subchapter 004 : NURSING ASSISTANTS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1645)-
§ 1645. Renewal
(a) To renew a license, a nursing assistant shall meet ongoing practice requirements set by the Board by rule.
(b) The Board shall credit as ongoing practice those activities, regardless of title or obligation to hold a license, that reasonably tend to reinforce the training and skills of a licensee.
(c)(1) A licensee seeking to renew an expired or lapsed license after fewer than five years of absence from practice shall repeat and pass the competency examinations approved by the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living before licensure renewal.
(2) A licensee who does not pass the competency examinations shall repeat a nursing assistant education program and competency examination. (Added 2015, No. 38, § 14, eff. May 28, 2015; amended 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2023, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. June 6, 2024; 2025, No. 58, § 8, eff. July 1, 2025.)
