Rule 4723-27-07 | Medication aide training programs.
[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) An applicant seeking approval from the board to provide a medication aide training program shall submit a "Medication Aide Training Program Application."
(1) Applications shall be accompanied by the fee of fifty dollars.
(2) No applicant shall admit a student until the medication aide training program has been approved by the board.
(B) The application for approval of a medication aide training program shall contain the following information:
(1) The objectives and outcomes of the medication aide program;
(2) The program's organizational chart;
(3) The name and credentials of the program's registered nurse administrator;
(4) The name and credentials of all individuals serving as instructors in the program;
(5) A program curriculum that includes the number of hours to be spent on each topic area.
(C) To be approved by the board, a medication aide training program shall meet and maintain the following requirements:
(1) The medication aide training program shall include thirty clock hours of instruction in medication administration that includes both classroom and at least sixteen clock hours of supervised clinical practice.
(2) The program shall include a mechanism for evaluating whether an individual's reading, writing, and mathematical skills are sufficient for the individual to be able to administer prescription medications safely.
(3) The registered nurse program administrator shall direct and supervise all aspects of the training program and ensure that the program meets and maintains the requirements set forth in this rule.
(4) The program shall disclose to all applicants at the time of admission the program's refund policy, the cost of the medication aide examination, the qualifications for certification as a medication aide, as set forth in section 4723.651 of the Revised Code, and that in order to be certified as a medication aide, an applicant will be tested to determine whether the applicant's reading, writing, and mathematical skills are sufficient to administer prescription medications safely.
(5) The supervised clinical practice component shall be provided in nursing homes that the Ohio department of health has found to be free from real and present danger related to the administration of medications, or in residential care facilities that the Ohio department of health has found to be free from real and present danger, related to the administration of medications and the provision of skilled nursing care, unless:
(a) The nursing home or residential care facility has an approved plan of correction as it relates to the real and present danger,
(b) The nursing home or residential care facility has resolved the real and present danger; or
(c) The supervised clinical practice component commenced prior to the Ohio department of health notifying the nursing home or residential care facility of real and present danger.
(6) A medication aide training program shall provide written certification to the board that:
(a) An applicant has completed the program and;
(b) That the applicant successfully passed an examination demonstrating their ability to administer prescription medication safely, unless the applicant utilized a testing organization separate from the program authorized by the board.
(7) A medication aide training program shall maintain records including results of examination for each student for a period of six years following the date the student enrolled in the program.
(8) A medication aide training program shall ensure an orderly transition between program administrators including providing written notification to the board within thirty days of the transition.
(9) A medication aide training program shall close a program, if necessary, in an orderly manner including providing thirty days advance written notice to the board, current students, and program applicants of the following:
(a) Tentative date of the closing;
(b) The location where the program's student and other records will be retained; and
(c) The name, address, and other contact information of the custodian of all program records after the program is closed;
(10) For individuals with experience in the armed forces of the United States, or in the national guard or in a reserve component, the program shall have a process in place to:
(a) Review the individual's military education and skills training;
(b) Determine whether any of the military education or skills training is substantially equivalent to the curriculum established in Chapter 4723-27 of the Administrative Code;
(c) Award credit to the individual for any substantially equivalent military education or skills training.
(D) Approval of a medication aide training program shall be effective for a period of two years from the date of approval.
(E) No later than ninety days prior to expiration of a medication aide training program approval period, a program seeking reapproval shall submit a "Medication Aide Training Program Re-Approval Application" and a program reapproval fee of fifty dollars.
(F) The board may conduct surveys of a medication aide training program or program applicant.
(G) The board shall review completed applications for approval or reapproval of a medication aide training program during a regularly scheduled board meeting.
(H) The board may deny, suspend or revoke approval or reapproval of a medication aide training program or applicant, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, based upon the following:
(1) Failure to meet or maintain the requirements set forth in section 4723.66 of the Revised Code; or
(2) Submitting false, misleading or deceptive statements, information or documentation to the board or its designees.
(I) If the board fails to act on a reapproval application prior to the expiration of the program's current two-year approval period, the board shall consider the program's current approval period effective until the board takes action with respect to the reapproval application.
Last updated September 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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