Our Profession: Definition
Medical assisting is an allied health profession whose practitioners function as members of the health care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures.
CMA (AAMA) Qualifications
The designation Certified Medical Assistant CMA (AAMA) indicates that the individual is a graduate of a CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) accredited medical assisting program, or ABHES (Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools) and has passed the Certification Examination of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), and maintains currency of the CMA (AAMA) credential.
Scope of Practice
Certified Medical Assistants perform delegated clinical and administrative duties within the supervising provider's scope of practice consistent with the CMA (AAMA) education, training and experience. Such duties shall not constitute the practice of medicine.
Ohio scope of practice link: https://www.aama-ntl.org/employers/state-scope-of-practice-laws#OHscope
Supervision
Physician and Nurse Practitioner & Physician's Assistant (provider) supervision shall be active and continuous but shall not be construed as necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising provider at the time and place that services are rendered.
Recertification Requirements
The CMA (AAMA) credential must be recertified every 60 months by examination or continuing education.
Continuing Education Requirements
A minimum number of points in the general, administrative, and clinical areas of medical assisting are required to recertify by continuing education.