Medicine Aide Course Curriculum. The Board shall approve a CMA program that: Requires a candidate for admission to the program have current employment and work experience as set forth in Regulation .02A(2) of this chapter; Requires before admission that a candidate have a positive recommendation from the director of nursing in the facility where the candidate is employed; Is at least 60 hours in length with a minimum of 30 clock hours devoted to theoretical instruction and a minimum of 30 clock hours of supervised clinical training experience in a facility licensed under COMAR 10.07.02; Includes instruction in both theory and clinical regarding all approved routes of medication administration and the scope of responsibility of the CMA; and Includes each of the following subjects: Responsibilities and limitations of the CMA; Drug standards, references, and resources; Legislation concerning drug utilization; Characteristics of the elderly client or client with multiple handicaps; Sources and purposes of drugs; Dosage forms and methods of administration; Drug life; The medication order; The pharmacy label; The administration of nonparenteral medications; Procedures and techniques for administering drugs; Drug classification, related health problems, and patient care responsibilities; Drug solutions and measurements; and Monitoring side effects of drugs and drug interactions. Medicine Aide Continuing Education Curriculum. Continuing education courses required for continued listing as a CMA as required in Regulation .02C of this chapter shall contain: A 3-hour core content that includes: Current State regulations related to the role of the medicine aide; Uses, actions, and possible interactions of and related precautions for current medications used in the care of the geriatric patient; New care procedures; and Resources available to the medicine aide which clarify and expand the knowledge of the medicine aide; and 3 hours on at least three of the following topics: Documentation; Nutrition; The physiological system of the geriatric patient; De-institutionalization of the intellectually disabled or psychiatric patient; or Other aspects of pharmacology; and 2 hours of assessment testing administered at the completion of the continuing education course.