Alabama Administrative Code
Title 610 - ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 610-X-14 - MEDICATION ASSISTANT, CERTIFIED (MAC)
Section 610-X-14-.03 - Permit By Examination

(1) The Board shall determine the official examination for medication assistant, certified permits.

(2) Each individual seeking entry into practice as a medication assistant, certified in Alabama shall give official evidence of having met a passing standard on the Board-designated official examination.

(3) Examination performance for each applicant shall be measured as provided by the Board-approved testing service. In the event that examination data are lost or destroyed through circumstances beyond the control of the Board, the applicant shall be required to retake the examination in order to meet requirements for permit.

(4) A Pass-Fail designation shall be recorded as the official result. An applicant who fails the certification examination shall not be approved or receive a permit and is not authorized to practice as a medication assistant, certified in Alabama.

(5) Official results shall be released by the Board to the applicant and the program from which the applicant graduated. Results may be released electronically or by mail at the Board's discretion. The Board shall not otherwise release individual examination results without written authorization from the applicant or licensee.

(6) An applicant who fails the certification examination in another jurisdiction or territory shall not be eligible for licensure by examination in Alabama until eligibility has been established by the original jurisdiction or territory.

(7) Any MAC practicing under the nursing delegation program described in § 610-X-7-.11 prior to January 1, 2022 shall be issued a permit to practice as a MAC in the state of Alabama. Such permits shall be valid through December 31, 2023, at which time the permit may be renewed during the renewal period for MACs.