This is a 20 Hour In-person training program
Complete a Board approved medication technician training program.
Complete a medication technician application including submitting 2"x2" passport size photo and paying a twenty dollar initial application fee.
Be 18 years of age to apply for certification as a medication technician.
The application must be signed by the RN approved to teach the medication technician training program.
The Board will certify the eligible applicant and issue a medication technician certificate.
Should the medication technician change practice settings, the employer is responsible for assuring that a RN approved to teach the Medication Technician Training Program specific to the practice setting, teaches the medication technician course content specific to that new practice setting.
Effective January, 2008 the new medication technician will receive the designation for the practice setting in which he/she were initially trained e.g. “Medication Technician – School Health.”
The initial CMT certificate will be effective until applicant’s next birth date. This may be less than 2 years for the initial CMT certification.