Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the availability and effective
date of the materials incorporated by reference in this rule can be found in
paragraph (G) of rule
4723-1-03 of the Administrative
Code.]
(A) To be issued a medication
aide certificate the following requirements must be met:
(1) The applicant must be at least eighteen
years of age;
(2) The applicant
must have a high school diploma or a high school equivalence diploma as
described in section 5107.40 of the Revised
Code;
(3) If the applicant is to
function as a certified medication aide in a nursing home, the applicant must
be a nurse aide who satisfies the requirements of division (A)(1), (A)(2),
(A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5), (A)(6), or (A)(8) of section
3721.32 of the Revised
Code;
(4) If the applicant is to
function as a certified medication aide in a residential care facility the
applicant must be either:
(a) A nurse aide who
satisfies the requirements of division (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5),
(A)(6), or (A)(8) of section
3721.32 of the Revised Code;
or
(b) The applicant must have at
least one year of direct care experience in a residential care
facility;
(5) The
applicant must submit a completed "Medication Aide Application";
(6) The board must receive the results of a
criminal records check conducted according to section
4723.091 of the Revised
Code;
(7) The board must receive
written verification that the applicant has successfully completed an approved
medication aide training program, and documentation indicating applicant passed
a board approved examination. The minimum passing grade on the written
component of a board-approved examination shall be eighty per cent. A student
must successfully complete each of the skills evaluation tasks included in the
clinical component of a board-approved examination in order to pass;
and
(8) The applicant shall submit
to the board the fee for a medication aide certificate required by paragraph
(A)(1) of rule
4723-27-10 of the Administrative
Code.
(B) The holder of
a medication aide certificate who is not a state tested nurse aide but who
qualifies for a medication aide certificate under paragraph (A)(4)(b) of this
rule, may only function as a certified medication aide in residential care
facilities.
(1) If the certificate holder
has, following certification, satisfied the requirements of division (A)(1),
(A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4), (A)(5), (A)(6), or (A)(8) of section
3721.32 of the Revised Code, the
holder may submit documentation to the board and a written request that the
holder's certification be amended to allow the holder to function as a
medication aide in nursing home facilities or residential care
facilities.
(2) If the board
determines that the certificate holder has submitted valid documentation, the
board shall amend website verification to reflect the amended status of the
certificate holder.
(C)
Medication aide certificates shall be renewed biennially according to rule
4723-27-05 of the Administrative
Code, and shall be valid from May first of even numbered years until April
thirtieth of the following even numbered year.
(D) If a medication aide certificate is
issued by the board on or after February first of an even numbered year, the
certificate shall be valid, unless the certificate is made inactive or if
disciplinary action has rendered it invalid, through April thirtieth of the
next even numbered year.
(E) An
individual who holds a current, valid medication aide certificate issued by the
board under section 4723.651 of the Revised Code and
this chapter, may use the title "medication aide-certified" and the initials
"MA-C."
(F) If an applicant fails
to meet the requirements for certification within one year of receipt of their
application, the application is void and the fee forfeited. The application
form shall state the circumstances under which this forfeiture may occur.
