Certified Medication Aide

Cisco College's Medication Aide / Correctional Medication Aide program is an eight-week course designed to establish the information and skills necessary to work in a medication aide role. Topics include:

• communication skills
• basic anatomy of body systems
• safety prevention and preparedness
• allowable and prohibited practices of medication aide
• maintenance of medication administration
• laws and rules related to the administration of medication and operation of facilities.

Students attend 4-5 hours of live instruction via Zoom, 4 days a week for eight weeks. They will also participate in 10 hours of hands-on demonstrative skills related to medication administration and 10 hours of training in a licensed facility.

Fingerprints must be submitted through the Department of Public Safety’s vendor. Find a list of locations and information about scheduling an appointment for fingerprinting. To obtain the require service code, email the Medication Aide Program

Successful completion of the program is mandatory to sit for the State Certification exam or facility exam.

Prerequisites

• Able to read, write, and speak and understand English.
• At least 18 years old.
• Free of communicable diseases and in suitable physical and emotional health to safely administer medications.
• High school graduate or have a GED.
• Employed as certified nurse aides listed on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry in active status and currently employed in a facility licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242 on the class start date OR employed on the class start date as non-licensed direct care staff in a facility licensed under Chapter 247; a state-supported living center or ICF/IID and have 90 days previous employment in the year preceding the class start date.