Medication Assistant (MA-C)
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
Medication Assistants (MA-C) are Certified Nursing Assistants who work in nursing homes. They administer certain nonprescription and other limited prescription drugs to residents, under the supervision of a licensed nurse. Requirements: 1) Must be currently listed in good standing on the State's certified nurse aide registry. 2) Must have maintained registration on the State's certified nurse aide registry continuously for a minimum of one year. 3) Must complete at least one continuous year of full-time experience in a nursing home as a certified nurse aide. 4) Must have a high school diploma or the equivalent. 5) Must complete a criminal background check. 6) Must successfully complete a medication assistant-certified training course approved by the Board. 7) Must successfully pass a Board approved certification examination. Certification Examination required. Certified by examination: $35.00, Certified by endorsement: $65.00, Certification Renewal fee: $40.00
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
- Military and veterans
- A temporary license available to military and spouses until formal license approval
Issuing body
- Department
- Arkansas Department of Health
- Board
- Arkansas State Board of Nursing
- Address
- University Tower Building, Suite 800 1123 South University Little Rock, AR 72204
- Phone
- (501) 686-2700
- Agency website
- www.arsbn.org
- Licence page
- https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/asbn-medication-assistants-certified
- Last updated
- June 28, 2024
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Source and verification
This record is Arkansas's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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