MAP Certification Training
Regulations at 105 CMR 700.003(E)(2), 115 CMR 5.15(7)(a) and 104 CMR 28.06(13)(b) require all training programs to meet specifications jointly established by the Department of Public Health (DPH), Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Department of Mental Health (DMH), Department of Children and Families (DCF), and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC).
MAP Certification Training must be conducted by an Approved MAP Trainer and must be a minimum of 16 hours in length including instruction and all Required Components of the training. Completion of the online MAP Certification course entitled ‘Responsibilities in Action Massachusetts MAP Certification Training’, including the instruction and all required components, meets the required specifications for the MAP Certification Training.
To be eligible for MAP Certification Testing, the MAP Trainer must ensure that the staff has successfully completed a full MAP Certification Training. Staff must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to become MAP Certified.
MAP Certification is only valid in DDS adult MAP Registered sites, MRC adult MAP Registered sites, DMH youth and adult MAP Registered sites, and DCF youth and adult MAP Registered sites.
For more information on MAP Certification Training see MAP Policy Section 04.
MAP Certification Testing
Staff meeting the eligibility criteria for MAP Certification Testing may begin the Certification Testing process.
Staff may not administer medication at a MAP Registered site until they pass all of the components of the state contracted testing vendor administered MAP Certification Test. The components include the Knowledge Test, and the Medication Administration Demonstration Skill Test.
The state contracted testing vendor conducts all initial MAP Certification Testing.
MAP Certification is effective on the date that the test results are posted (indicating that the staff passed the MAP Certification Test) on the Massachusetts Registry located on the state contracted testing vendor website.
MAP Certification is valid for two (2) years from the last day of the month in which the test was passed.
For more information on MAP Certification Testing see MAP Policy Section 05.