Eligibility for medication assistant III registration

An application for registration as a medication assistant III and a forty dollar fee must be submitted by the applicant to the board office. The applicant for medication assistant III registration must have registration on the unlicensed assistive person registry. Upon receipt of the required materials, a medication assistant III registration will be issued to correspond with the applicant's registration as an unlicensed assistive person. Unlicensed assistive persons may obtain initial medication assistant III registration by: 1. Submitting evidence of successful completion of a course which includes medication administration from an approved nursing education program, which must have included a clinical nursing component. The course must have included basic clinical skills, basic pharmacology, principles of medication administration, and mathematics competency; or 2. Submitting evidence of: a. Successful completion of a board-recognized medical assistant program; and b. Submit verification of current certification from one of the following examinations: (1) Certified medical assistant examination through the American association of medical assistants; (2) Registered medical assistant certification examination through the American medical technologists; (3) Clinical medical assistant certification examination through the national health career association; (4) National certified medical assistant examination through the national center for competency testing; or (5) The successor organization.