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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="8-6A-03" title_number="8" title_name="Nurses" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Certification of Nursing Assistants, Dialysis Technicians, and Medication Technicians">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual shall be certified as a nursing assistant by the Board before the individual may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use the title “certified nursing assistant”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Use the initials “C.N.A.” after the name of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Represent to the public that the individual is certified as a nursing assistant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual shall be certified as a medication technician by the Board before the individual may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use the title “certified medication technician”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Use the initials “C.M.T.” after the name of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Represent to the public that the individual is certified as a medication technician.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual shall be certified as a dialysis technician by the Board before the individual may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Use the title “certified dialysis technician”;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Use the initials “C.D.T.” after the name of the individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Represent to the public that the individual is a certified dialysis technician.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An individual may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice as a certified dialysis technician or a certified medication technician without certification from the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
