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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 90. Board of Nursing
Chapter 60. Regulations Governing the Registration of Medication Aides
3/17/2026

18VAC90-60-140. Renewal and reinstatement as an advanced registered medication aide.

A. Current certification as a nurse aide in Virginia must be maintained to hold certification as an advanced registered medication aide. If an individual is not eligible to renew as a certified nurse aide, registration as an advanced registered medication aide may not be renewed.

B. Advanced registered medication aides shall renew annually. To renew an advanced registration, an individual must:

1. Submit the renewal application and required fee; and

2. Attest that the individual has completed continuing education as required in 18VAC90-60-100 B and four hours of nursing facility population and medication specific training.

C. Failure to receive a notice for renewal shall not relieve the advanced registered medication aide of the responsibility for renewing the registration by the expiration date.

D. The registration shall automatically lapse if the advanced registered medication aide fails to renew by the expiration date.

E. Any person administering medications in an assisted living facility or licensed nursing home during the time a registration has lapsed shall be considered an unlicensed practitioner and shall be subject to prosecution under the provisions of § 54.1-3008 of the Code of Virginia.

F. If an advanced registered medication aide has not renewed for 90 days following the expiration date, the advanced registration shall only be reinstated if the applicant:

1. Holds current certification as a nurse aide in Virginia;

2. Submits a completed reinstatement application on a form provided by the board;

3. Pays the reinstatement fee; and

4. Provides evidence that the applicant has completed all required hours of continuing education and training.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400, 54.1-3005, and 54.1-3041 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 13, eff. March 11, 2026.

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