New York State Department of Health

The New York State agency that commissions the Nursing Home Nurse Aide Competency Examination and the NYS Nursing Home Nurse Aide Registry under the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act mandate requiring each state to implement nurse aide training, competency evaluation (skills demonstration plus written examination with oral administration available), and a nurse aide registry. NYSDOH contracts the development, administration, scoring, and registry management to Prometric, which delivers the exam at in-facility and regional test sites.