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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 87 - Nurses
Subchapter 7 - Medication Assistive Persons
§ 17-87-704. Qualifications
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-87-704 (2017)
- (a) In order to be certified as a medication assistive person, an applicant shall submit to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing written evidence, verified by oath, that the applicant:
- (1)
- (A) Is currently listed in good standing on the state's certified nurse aide registry;
- (B) Has maintained registration on the state's certified nurse aide registry continuously for a minimum of one (1) year;
- (C) Has completed at least one (1) continuous year of full-time experience as a certified nurse aide in this state;
- (D) Is currently employed at a designated facility;
- (E) Has a high school diploma or the equivalent;
- (F) Has successfully completed a literacy and reading comprehension screening process approved by the board;
- (G) Has successfully completed a medication assistive person training course of not less than one hundred (100) hours approved by the board; and
- (H) Has successfully passed an examination on subjects the board determines; or
- (2)
- (A) Has completed a portion of a nursing education program equivalent to the medication assistive person training course; and
- (B) Passed the medication aide examination.
- (1)
- (b) The board may issue a certification as a medication assistive person by endorsement to an applicant who has been licensed or certified as a medication assistive person under the laws of another state or territory, if:
- (1) In the opinion of the board, the applicant meets the qualifications of medication assistive persons in this state; and
- (2) The board recommends certification.
- (c) Any person holding a certification as a medication assistive person shall have the right to use the title "medication assistive person" and the abbreviation "M.A.P.".
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