A person permitted by Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) to administer medications to residents in nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with an intellectual disability or related conditions, correctional institutions, and assisted living (personal care) facilities. To be a medication aide in a licensed Texas facility, you must read, write, speak and understand English, be at least 18 years old, be free of communicable diseases, and in suitable physical and emotional health to safely administer medications, and be a high school graduate or have a GED. Applicants must be employed as certified nurse aides listed on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry in active status and currently employed in a facility licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242 on class start date or employed on class start date as non-licensed direct care staff in a facility licensed under Chapter 247; a state supported living center or ICF/IID and have 90 days previous employment in the year preceding the class start date. You must successfully complete the medication aide training program, which includes 100 hours of classroom instruction and training, 20 hours of returned skills demonstration laboratory, and 10 hours of clinical experience, including clinical observation and skills demonstration under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse in a facility, and 10 hours in a return skills demonstration laboratory. You also must take the medication aide examination, which consists of 100 multiple-choice questions that cover your knowledge of accurate and safe drug therapy.