Medical Assistant Certification Lookup

Currently, only the state of Washington (License Search) requires medical assistants to be licensed. However, some states and many employers do require medical assistants engaged in certain tasks, particularly clinical ones such as such as administering injections or vaccines, to be certified for those tasks. The most common certifications available to medical assistant professionals include the CMA (Certified Medical Assistant), the RMA (Registered Medical Assistant), the CCMA (Certified Clinical Medical Assistant), the CMAA (Certified Medical Administrative Assistant), the NCMA (National Certified Medical Assistant). and the MAC (Medical Assistant Certification. Less common medical assistant certifications may also be available to medical assistant professionals. The principal national medical assistant certification bodies are listed below, along with a link to their respective online certification lookup tools. Please note that this list may not be comprehensive.

American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)

Certification: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
Verification Tool: https://www.aama-ntl.org/verify-status/cma-aama-status

American Medical Technologists (AMT)

Certification: Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
Verification Tool: https://americanmedtech.org/verify (They also offer a digital badge search via Credly: https://americanmedtech.org/employee_verification)

American Medical Certification Association (AMCA)

Certification: Medical Assistant Certification (MAC)
Verification Tool: A direct public-facing verification tool isn't available, but they do provide a credentials verification service for employers at: https://www.aecacert.com/credential-verification

National Healthcareer Association (NHA)

Certifications: Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA), and others.
Verification Tool: https://certportal.nhanow.com/certification_verification/>

National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

Certification: National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA)
Verification Tool: https://www.nccwebsite.org/verifications (Note: there may be a fee for verification services.)