Nine of Virginia's community colleges are approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing to offer the 68 hour Medication Aide Training Program.  Medication Aides working in Assisted Living Facilities must be registered with the Virginia Board of Nursing by December 31, 2008. 

As of January 1, 2009, all applicants will be required to take the 68 hour curriculum before submitting an application for registration.  (This training does not apply to those individuals administering medications in Child Day Care Centers, Adult Day Care Centers, Mental Health Facilities, and Juvenile Justice/Corrections Facilities.)

Additional information on medication aides at Assisted Living Facilities can be found on the Board of Nursing website, http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing/default.htm.

Please contact each college to learn more about the medication aide training programs offered at each college:

Blue Ridge Community College, Harrisonburg
Contact: Marry Sullivan,   sullivanm@brcc.edu

Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg
Contact:  Jim Lemmons,   lemmonsj@cvcc.vccs.edu

Danville Community College, Danville
Contact:  Jeff Arnold,    jarnold@dcc.vccs.edu

Eastern Shore Community College,  Melfa
Contact: Pat Diem  pdiem@es.vccs.edu

Mountain Empire Community College
Contact: Mitzi Williams  mmwilliams@me.vccs.edu

Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville
Contact:  Lyn Vandersommen,  lvandersommen@pvcc.edu

Southside Virginia Community College, Richlands
Contact:  Al Roberts  al.roberts@southside.edu

Southwest Virginia Community College
Contact:  Connie Davis connie.davis@sw.edu

Thomas Nelson Community College, Newport News
Contact:  Denise Siegfeldt,   siegfeldtd@tncc.edu