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Certified Medicine Aide

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Information for Medicine Aide Candidates
Registration Procedures for Medicine Aide Training for Geriatric Nursing Assistants
Clinical Information

We are pleased to welcome you to our Certified Medicine Aide (CMA) course at Hagerstown Community College. In order to have a successful experience you will need to meet the requirements of the Maryland Board of Nursing. Please take time to read carefully the enclosed packet and complete the required documentation. You must complete and return this documentation to HCC before your first class.

Required Forms
Application for Entry
into Medicine Aide Training
(pdf)
Health Form (pdf)
Agreement/Waiver
for Hepatitis Vaccination
(pdf)
Medical Expense Waiver (pdf)
Essential Functions or Abilities (pdf)
   

To be enrolled in the CMA course you must:

  • Register for math and reading placement testing by calling the placement testing center at 301-790-2800, extension 305. If you are currently a student who has recently-within the last two years-taken the placement exam, please share proof of testing.
     
  • Submit evidence of a current CNA/GNA certificate from the MDBON
  • Produce signed documentation of having worked a minimum of one year (2000 hours) or its equivalent within the past 3 years in a skilled care or intermediate care unit in the State of Maryland.
     
  • Submit a letter of recommendation from your Director of Nursing
     
  • Provide the following completed health form documentation
    1. Tuberculosis- skin test or chest x-ray
    2. Hepatitis B series completion or signed waiver
    3. Medical Expense Waiver
     
  • Sign the Essential Functions or Abilities form
     
  • Visit the book store and pick up your textbook, “Administering Medications.”
     
  • While at the book store, stop by the student service center to be photographed for you HCC student ID. You must have this ID to wear when you go to clinicals.

Please mail the completed packet of information
before the start of the first day of class to:
           Susan Harris, Health Professions Assistant
           Career Programs Building
           11400 Robinwood Drive
           Hagerstown, MD 21742

Or hand deliver to:
           Susan Harris
           Career Programs Building
           Room 216

Best wishes for a successful educational experience.
Angela D. Stoops RN, BS, MBA
Health Professions Manager