{"id":5665,"date":"2018-06-05T12:14:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ceps\/?page_id=5665"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:44:11","slug":"eligibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>MedTech Training<\/h1><p>State Approved Training in Drug Administration<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1679\/medtechhero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"drug-administration\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-drug-administration\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-10988\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10988\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10982\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10982\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/info\/\">Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10979\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10979\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/eligibility\/\">Eligibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10976\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10976\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/registration\/\">Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10973\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10973\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/medtech_program\/contacts\/\">Contacts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section><\/p>\n<h2>Eligibility:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have a high school diploma or GED.<\/li>\n<li>You must be a licensed Rhode Island CNA with active status.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">You must be currently employed in a State of RI Dept of Health <em><u>Licensed&nbsp; <\/u><\/em>Nursing Home \/ Assisted Living \/Adult Day Care or Rehab Facility.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>You must have provided your state licensed employment facility with&nbsp; proof of legal residence if you are a non-US Citizen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are employed through a hospital or agency, you are <strong>NOT ELIGIBLE<\/strong> to enroll in this class.<\/p>\n<h2>Class &amp; Licensure Requirements:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You are required to attend each online, hybrid, or in-person class (instruction format to be determined before the start of the course), which will be held Wednesdays from 6:00PM to 9:00PM.<\/li>\n<li>To receive State licensure, you are REQUIRED to complete 45 hours of instruction (15 weeks).<\/li>\n<li>You must attain an average grade of 70 to PASS the class.<\/li>\n<li>For RI DOH licensure, you must complete a practicum that is included in the course work AND successfully finish 3 observed Medication passes at your current facility within TWO months after passing the course. <span class=\"tlPceQ BMOCzQ\">Your supervisor will sign your medication evaluation forms as endorsement for your Medication Aide license application. Your supervisor will be required to observe your Medpasses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Within the span of <\/u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">one year<\/span><u>, you must:<\/u><\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>successfully complete the course,<\/li>\n<li>successfully complete your three observed med passes, and<\/li>\n<li>submit all paperwork to obtain RI DOH licensure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligibility: You must have a high school diploma or GED. You must be a licensed Rhode Island CNA with active status. You must be currently employed in a State of RI Dept of Health Licensed&nbsp; Nursing Home \/ Assisted Living \/Adult Day Care or Rehab Facility.&nbsp; You must have provided your state licensed employment facility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3868,"featured_media":0,"parent":5635,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5665","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14578,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5665\/revisions\/14578"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/osi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}