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Verify a Minnesota Certified Nurse Aide license

liveMN Nurse Aide Registry · profession key cna

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How Minnesota Certified Nurse Aide license verification works

A Certified Nurse Aide in Minnesota is licensed by the MN Nurse Aide Registry. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: certificate_number name status approved expires initial_registry_date skill_test_date knowledge_test_date training_date test_out registry_finding.

Board note: MDH Nurse Aide Registry JSON API (nar-api.web.health.state.mn.us/certificate/search); CNA only — HHA/CMA are not on the MN registry; no DOB published; registry finding text (substantiated abuse/neglect/misappropriation) flagged

What a Certified Nurse Aide license check returns

Field checkPasses when
license_numberEqual to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
nameLast name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
license_typeThe record is a Certified Nurse Aide license, strictly (no near-miss types)
statusThe board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
expiresExpiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
disciplinary_actionsRecorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Minnesota Certified Nurse Aide license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "MN", "profession": "cna", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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