Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part IX - Developmental Disabilities Services
Chapter 9 - Guidelines for Certification of Medication Attendant
Section IX-917 - Re-Certification Requirements and Process

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code IX-917

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Recertification is required every two years. Each CMA must be recertified. The requirements for re-certification are:

1. every two years a CMA must complete a total of nine hours of in-service training. Two of the nine hours must directly relate to the agencys medication administration policy and procedure. The remaining seven hours of in-service must relate to medication administration. A CMA working in multiple agencies may combine training to meet these requirements with the exception that the two-hour training on agency medication administration policy and procedure is required for each employer. Each agency must have documentation of each CMAs required nine hours of in-service training;

2. annually, the CMA must pass with proficiency, either by physical or verbal demonstration, the 26 skills on the practical checklist. The annual cycle is based on the last day of the month that the certificate was printed. If a CMA changes employers within the certification period and training records are not available for the first year, the new employer must determine competency by assessing the 26 skills upon hire, in addition to meeting these requirements for re-certification.

B. Upon successful completion of these requirements the CMA instructor sends Form CMA 3a. and Form CMA 3b. to the regional office/ developmental center coordinator requesting re-certification of each CMA. The regional office/developmental center coordinator forwards information to the central office coordinator.

C. The central office coordinator issues two certificates to the regional office/developmental center coordinator for dissemination. One certificate is for the CMA and the other is for the requesting provider agency.

D. The re-certification requirements must be met prior to the month of expiration of the CMAs certification.

E. A CMA who has not worked directly with medication administration in a facility, program, or agency for individuals with developmental disabilities for 24 months or more must take the OCDD CMA state exam again and pass with proficiency the 26 skills checklist. If the CMA does not pass the state exam, then the CMA must repeat the 60-hour course and pass the exam prior to being recertified. Failure to pass the state exam will result in de-certification.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1021-1025.

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