Your CDA renewal, punched.
DANB certification renews every year. Put in your expiration date, log your 12 CDE credits as you earn them, keep CPR current, and put the date on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
Your CDA
The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the DANB renewal page.
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How to renew
- Keep CPR current. Hands-on CPR, BLS or ACLS from a DANB-accepted provider, such as the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. It doesn't count toward your CDE.
- Earn 12 CDE credits in your renewal period: 1 on OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens standard and 2 on infection prevention, control or safety, all inside the 12. At most 3 can be office management and 3 volunteer service. Passing a DANB exam other than your first certification exam counts: 6 credits, or 12 for 100 questions or more.
- Hold two DANB certifications? It's 18 credits and $90 a year (three: 24 and $110). An RHS certificate on its own doesn't renew: DANB says certificates "do not expire and do not have to be renewed."
- Renew online up to two months before your date: log in to your DANB account and click Renew Now under notifications. Or mail or fax the renewal form. DANB emails and mails reminders, but you renew with or without one.
- You don't send proof. DANB audits some renewals, so keep your CDE and CPR records for two years. Extra credits can carry over to the next renewal period.
| Certifications held (DANB) | CDE credits | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | $75 |
| 2 | 18 | $90 |
| 3 | 24 | $110 |
| Late, in the 3-month grace period | +$20 |
Renewal fees are non-refundable. Four, five and six certifications: 30, 36 and 42 credits; $130, $150 and $170. From DANB's 2026 Recertification Requirements.
If your date passes
- You have a 3-month grace period to earn the CDE and renew, with a $20 late fee. DANB: "DANB will consider you certified during the grace period."
- After the grace period you are no longer DANB certified. Getting a CDA back can take a reinstatement fee, proof of CDE and CPR, and sometimes retesting. Ask DANB at recertification@danb.org.
Where every number comes from
- Valid one year, 12 CDE, bloodborne pathogens and infection control, CPR, fees, $20 late fee, 3-month grace, category caps, carryover, audits: DANB: 2026 Recertification Requirements (PDF)
- Renewed annually, online up to two months before, Renew Now: DANB: renew certification
- CDE, CPR and the nonrefundable fee each year; no proof sent unless audited: DANB: maintain certification
- $75 / $90, 12 / 18 credits, $20 late fee: DANB: certification renewal form (PDF)
- Hands-on CPR, BLS or ACLS: DANB: accepted CPR providers
- RHS certificates don't expire: DANB: license, registration, permit or certification
Checked November 11, 2026.
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