Applicants must meet one of the following routes to be eligible for RMA certification. All applicants must pass the AMTexamination for RMA, to become certified.
Applicant shall be a graduate within the past 4 years or scheduled to graduate from an accredited MA program* or program that is housed within an accredited institution.
*Program or institution must be accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education, The Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or otherwise approved by 色中色app.
Applicant shall have completed a medical assisting work-study/training program within the last 4 years such as:
*All acceptable programs must be approved by AMTas meeting or surpassing AMTcriteria for medical assisting competencies.
Applicant shall be employed as a medical assistant for a minimum of 3 years within the past 7 years.
Applicant shall be a recent graduate, or scheduled to graduate from a formal medical services training program of the United States Armed Forces.
Applicant shall be currently instructing in an accredited medical assisting program*, shall have completed a course of instruction in a healthcare discipline related to medical assisting, and shall have a minimum of five years of full-time teaching experience in a medical assisting discipline that encompasses a range of both clinical and administrative competencies that are broadly representative of core medical assisting duties.
An applicant who has less than five years of teaching experience, but more than one year, shall provide documentation of at least three years of full-time clinical work experience in a healthcare profession in which the scope of practice is commensurate with, or exceeds, the medical assisting scope of practice.
*Program or institution is accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education, The Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or otherwise approved by 色中色app.
Once you are eligible you can apply. Submit a separate application for each certification.
*Fees are non-refundable and include application, exam and first annual fee.
Application is valid for 1 year, allow 1-2 weeks for processing.
*AMTpractice exams are excellent resources for test preparation. They are an optional resource and not required to pass the exam.
If you are taking the exam at your school, your instructor will provide information about the exam date and time. If you are taking the exam at a one of the hundreds of Pearson VUE testing center locations across the country, you will schedule your own exam.
Call Pearson VUE at 1-888-846-6941 24 hours prior to your exam. If you are late or don’t show, you must pay a retesting fee to reschedule.
or Call 1-888-846-6941
Arrive 30 minutes prior to exam time with the required testing items:
If you have questions about the acceptability of your identification, contact Pearson Vue:
Call 1-888-846-6941
Know what to expect:
If your application expires prior to gaining certification, you must submit a new application and fee to continue.
If you receive a failing score, you will need to retake the entire exam.
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