Medication Aide Trainers and Training Programs

A Medication Aide Training Program (MATP) must be approved and issued a permit by LARA. To become a MATP, an applicant must:

• Be a degree or certificate-granting public or private college or university, junior college, or community college per MCL 333.21905(4).
• Review and follow the required medication aide curriculum model.
• Comply with the medication aide curriculum model.
• Create a MILogin account at MILogin - Login (michigan.gov).
  • Click here for an instructional video on how to create a MILogin account: How To Create a MILogin Account.
  • Click here for a helpful guide to walk you through the account setup instructions: MILogin/MI-NATES Account Setup Guide.
• Request access to MI-NATES: Michigan Nurse Aide, Training, and Enforcement System, and set up your user profile.
• Submit a new application and pay an initial permit fee $500. LARA is not allowed to issue refunds once an application is submitted.
  • We no longer accept paper applications or correspondence for medication aide training programs or medication aide trainers.
• While the Bureau of Community and Health Systems reserves the right to conduct an onsite inspection, no onsite visit will be required if the new applicant is also an existing nurse aide training program in good standing with the bureau.
• The instructional program can begin upon issuance of a MATP permit.

Instructors

• A primary instructor is a registered nurse who holds a Medication Aide Trainer (MAT) permit issued by the Bureau of Community and Health Systems.
• A supplemental Instructor is an individual from the health professions who may teach as a supplemental instructor. Supplemental instructors must have experience in the field being taught and are under the direction of a permitted MAT. Permits are not issued to supplemental instructors.

• Click here for a link to the Medication Aide Curriculum.

Renewals

• Program permits are valid for 2 years.
• The program permit renewal fee is $500.
• Renewals must be submitted electronically via the MI-NATES system.
• Renewals can be initiated no earlier than 45 days prior to the permit expiration date.
• A medication aide training program is prohibited from operating with a lapsed or expired permit.
• Unannounced on-site inspections will be conducted between renewals for confirmation of compliance with State law.
  
  
  

Closures

• Please email LARA-BCHS-MA-Training-Program@michigan.gov for closure of a training program no longer offering services. Please include in the email the name of the training program, permit number, address and specific date the program will close.

All changes to a medication aide training program permit must be made via the MI-NATES system.

Each medication aide training program may have one “authorized representative” assigned to manage the program’s permit and information in the MI-NATES electronic system. To change the authorized representative assigned to a program, the new authorized representative must login to the MI-NATES system, locate and click the button entitled “Find Existing Medication Aide Training Program” on their dashboard, then enter the permit number and follow the steps to add the training program to their profile.

Medication Aide Trainer(s) assigned to the program can be updated in MI-NATES.  Other staff changes, curriculum changes, or clinical skills contract changes will be reviewed during your onsite renewal inspections.  There is no need to submit these for approval.

Any change of location or ownership requires a new program application.

The bureau has approved an alternative option to in-person, face-to-face classroom requirements for all state-approved medication aide training programs. Virtual classroom sessions may be offered as an alternative to in-person classroom education.

• Online classes must provide the opportunity for students to interact and engage with the instructor teaching the lesson. The medication aide trainer must be present and available during this time.
• Online classes must be documented, and classroom hours audited to ensure the minimum requirement of 50 classroom hours is met.
• Audits must be available for review by the department.
• All laboratory and clinical requirements must continue to be completed in person.

To become a medication aide trainer, an applicant must:

• Have an active Michigan registered nurse license.
• Create a MILogin account at MILogin - Login (michigan.gov).
• Request access to MI-NATES: Michigan Nurse Aide, Training, and Enforcement System, and set up your user profile.

• Click here for an instructional video on how to create a MILogin account: How To Create a MILogin Account.
• Click here for a helpful guide to walk you through the account setup instructions: MILogin/MI-NATES Account Setup Guide.

• Submit a new application and pay an initial permit fee $200. LARA is not allowed to issue refunds once an application is submitted.

Renewals

• Trainer permits are valid for 2 years.
• The trainer permit renewal fee is $200.
• The trainer must have a valid Michigan registered nurse license.
• Submit a renewal application and payment electronically via the MI-NATES application.
• Renewals can be initiated no earlier than 45 days prior to the permit expiration date.

The following locations are currently permitted to conduct a medication aide training program in Michigan:

Only programs with an active status medication aide training program permit can operate as a medication aide training program.  Medication aide training programs are prohibited from operating with a permit status that is lapsed, expired, inactive, suspended, voluntarily surrendered, or revoked.

Glen Oaks Community College
62249 Shimmel Rd.
Centreville, MI  49032
Phone: 269-467-9945

North Central Michigan College
1515 Howard St.
Petosky, MI  49770
Phone: 888-298-6605

Kalamazoo Valley Community College
7107 Elm Valley Dr., P.O. BOX 4070
Kalamazoo, MI  49003
Phone: 269-353-1276

Macomb Community College
14500 East 12 Mile Rd.
SC-125
Warren, MI  48088
Phone: 586-445-7252

Lansing Community College
5708 Cornerstone Dr.
Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-483-9651

Baker College
1020 South Washington St.
Owosso, MI 48867
Phone: 989-729-3616

Schoolcraft College
18600 Haggerty Road
Livonia, Michigan, 48152
Phone: 248-496-6838

Monroe County Community College Medication Aide Program
1555 S. Raisinville Rd.
Monroe, MI 48161
Phone: 734-384-4124

Any questions regarding the medication aide training programs can be directed to:

Bureau of Community and Health Systems

Nurse and Medication Aide Section

Phone: 517-896-0511

E-mail: LARA-BCHS-MA-Training-Program@michigan.gov

The Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs contracts with Headmaster, L.L.P. to provide competency evaluation testing. Testing services are available on Headmaster's website located at: D&S - Michigan Nurse Aide (hdmaster.com).

Medication Aide Trainers must:

Enroll students with Headmaster’s TMU Michigan System so that the students are eligible for testing.  Contact Headmaster at (888) 393-8664 or michigan@hdmaster.com with questions.

Medication Aide Candidates:

Upon successful completion of both the written/oral and clinical exam, the applicant must complete the following in order to obtain a certificate of registration:

• Create a MILogin account at MILogin - Login (michigan.gov).
  • Click here for a helpful guide to walk you through the account setup instructions: MILogin/MI-NATES Account Setup Guide.

• Request access to MI-NATES: Michigan Nurse Aide, Training, and Enforcement System, and set up their user profile.
  • Click here for a helpful guide to walk you through the account setup instructions: MILogin/MI-NATES Account Setup Guide.

• Submit a new medication aide application and pay the $160 registration fee via the MI-NATES System.

• The legal authority for Medication Aide Trainer and Medication Aide Training Program permits is derived from the Michigan Public Health Code, Part 219, sections 333.21901-333.21925 and the Medication Aide Administrative Rules (Coming Soon).

• Click here for a printer friendly version of the Michigan Public Health Code, Part 219.

Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

Bureau of Community & Health Systems

Phone: 517-896-0511

E-mail: LARA-BCHS-MA-Training-Program@michigan.gov