Medical Assisting Disclosure
Program Information
Visit the Medical Assisting Program Webpage to learn more about our curriculum.
Licensure Disclosure
Stanly Community College academic programs (credit and non-credit) that are designed to lead to state educational requirements for professional licenses are either tied to the State of North Carolina or national certification. Graduates of CAAHEP accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants' Certification to become Certified Medical Assistants.
If you intend to pursue professional licenses outside the State of North Carolina once you have completed your academic program at Stanly Community College, please refer to the Professional Licensure Section on the college's state authorization page for additional information: State Authorization
U.S. States
Agency Information
Alabama Board of Nursing
P.O. Box 303900
Montgomery, AL 36130-3900
Phone: 800-656-5318
Email:: MAC@abn.alabama.gov
Contact form: https://www.abn.alabama.gov/contact-us/contact-us/
Website: AL Board of Nursing
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Alaska State Medical Board
Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing
PO Box 110806
Juneau, AK 99801-0806
Phone: 907-465-2781
Email: MedicalBoard@Alaska.gov
Website: State Licensing
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified. N/A
Alaska Medical Assistant Society
Email: alaskamedicalassistant@gmail.com
Website: AK Medical Assistant Society
Agency Information
Arizona Medical Board
1740 W Adams St, Suite 4000
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 480-551-2700; 877-255-2212
Contact form: Arizona Medical Board
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
1123 South University Ave., Suite 800
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-686-2700
Email: ASMBSupport@arkansas.gov
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Arkansas Society of Medical Assistants
Contact form: AR Society of Med Assistants Contact Form
Website: AR Society of Medical Assistants
Agency Information
California Certifying Board for Medical Assistants
PO Box 462
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: 530-622-1850
Email: info@ccbma.org
Website: CA Certifying Board for Med. Assts.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
N/A
Agency Information
Colorado Division of Professionals and Occupations
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-894-7800
Email: dora_dpo_licensing@state.co.us
Website: CO Division of Professions and Occupations
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Colorado Society of Medical Assistants
Agency Information
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section
410 Capitol Ave., MS# 12 APP
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
Phone: 860-509-7603
Email: oplc.dph@ct.gov
Website: CT Dept. of Public Health
Connecticut Society of Medical Assistants
Website: CT Society of Medical Assts.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
No Licensure Required. Connecticut law does not require medical assistants to be certified.
Connecticut Society of Medical Assistants
Website: CT Society of Medical Assts.
Agency Information
Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Cannon Building, Suite 203
861 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302-744-4500
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Health Professional Licensing
2201 Shannon Place SE
Washington, DC 20020
Phone: 877-672-2174
Email:doh@dc.gov
Website: DC Health Licensing Boards
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Florida Society of Medical Assistants (FSMA)
Contact us: Contact Florida Society of Medical Assistants (scroll to bottom)
Website: FL Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Hawaii Medical Board
Professional & Vocational Licensing Division
PO Box 3469
Honolulu, HI 96801
Phone: 808-586-3000
Email: pvl@dcca.hawaii.gov
Website: HI Medical Board
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Idaho Society of Medical Assistants
Phone: None
Email: idahomedicalassistants@gmail.com
Contact us: Home | Idaho Society of Medical Assistants (Scroll to the bottom)
Website: Idaho Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Illinois Society of Medical Assistants
Email: Contact Us Form
Website: IL Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Indiana Society of Medical Assistants
Email: insocmedasst@gmail.com (use subject: Question)
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Iowa Society of Medical Assistants
Email: isma@iowasma.org
Website: Iowa Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
800 SW Jackson, Suite 700
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-296-7413
Contact us: KS State Bd. of the Healing Arts
Website: KS Board of Healing Arts
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Kentucky Society of Medical Assistants
Contact form: KY Medical Assistant Contact
Website: KY Society of Medical Assts.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
630 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: 504-568-6820
Website: LA State Board of Medical Examiners
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine
137 State House Station
161 Capitol St.
Augusta, Maine 04333-0137
Phone: 207-287-3601
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified. Maine law does not require medical assistants to be certified. Yet Maine recognizes national certification.
Agency Information
Maryland Department of Health
Herbert R. O'Conner State Office Building
201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 877 463-3464; 410-767-6500
Contact: Maryland Department of Health MDH Contact Us
Website: Maryland Dept. of Health
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Massachusetts State Society of Medical Assistants
Contact us: Contact MA State Society of Medical Assistants (scroll to the bottom)
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified. Massachusetts law does not require medical assistants to be certified. Yet Massachusetts recognizes national certification.
Agency Information
Michigan Society of Medical Assistants
Contact us: Michigan Society of Medical Assistants Contact Us (scroll down)
Website: MI Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Minnesota State Society of Medical Assistants
Contact Form: https://www.mnsma.org/contact
Website: MN Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
805 S. Wheatley Street, Suite 600
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone: 601-987-3079
Email: mboard@msbml.ms.gov
Website: MS State Board of Medical Licensure
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Missouri Society of Medical Assistants
Email: mosocietyma@gmail.com
Website: MO Society of Med. Assts. Facebook Page
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Montana Board of Medical Examiners
PO Box 200513
Helena, MT 59620-0513
Phone: 406-444-6880
Email: dlibsdhelp@mt.gov
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Nebraska Society of Medical Assistants
Email: nsmavicepresident@gmail.com
Contact: Contact Nebraska Society of Medical Assistants
Website: NE Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Nevada Board of Medical Examiners
9600 Gateway Drive
Reno, NV 89521
Phone: 775-688-2559
Email: nsbme@medboard.nv.gov
Website: NV Board of Medical Examiners
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
PO Box 183
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-826-7100
Email: bme@dca.njoag.gov
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified. New Jersey law does not require medical assistants to be certified. Yet New Jersey only allows certified medical assistants to administer injections.
New Jersey Society of Medical Assistants
Website: NJ Society of Medical Assistants
Agency Information
The New Mexico Society of Medical Assistants
PO BOX 732
Roswell, NM 88202
Contact us: New Mexico Society of Medical Assistants (Scroll down)
Website: NM Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
New York State Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
North Carolina State Society of Medical Assistants
Contact Form: https://www.ncsma.org/contact
Website: https://www.ncsma.org/
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
North Dakota Board of Nursing
919 S. 7th Street, Suite 504
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-751-3000
Email: contactus@ndbon.org
Email: uap_maiii@ndbon.org
Website: ND Board of Nursing
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified. North Dakota law does not require medical assistants to be certified. They must be certified, however, if they want to administer injected medication.
Agency Information
State Medical Board of Ohio
30 E. Broad Street, 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-466-3934
Contact us: https://med.ohio.gov/help-center/contact-us
Website: State Medical Board of Ohio
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Ohio State Society of Medical Assistants
Contact form: https://www.ossma.org/contactus
Website: OH Society of Medical Assistants
Agency Information
Oklahoma Medical Assistant Society
Contact form: OKMAS Contact us
Email: OKMAS2024@gmail.com
Website: OK Medical Assistant Society
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Oregon Society of Medical Assistants
Contact Form: https://www.onlineosma.org/contact-us
Website: OR Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
PA Society of Medical Assistants
Email: pamedicalassistants1@gmail.com
Contact Form: https://pasociety-cma.org/contact/
Website: PA Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401-222-5960
Email: doh.website@health.ri.gov
Website: RI Medical Assistant Regulations
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
South Carolina Society of Medical Assistants
Email: plicurs@gmail.com (Patty Licurs, President)
Website: SC Society of Medical Assistants.
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
South Dakota Society of Medical Assistants
Contact form: https://www.sdsma.us/contact
Email: sdsma95@gmail.com
Website: SD Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
South Dakota law requires that medical assistants register with SDBMOE, (SD Board of Medical & Osteo. Examiners) but certification is not required.
Agency Information
Tennessee Society of Medical Assistants
Cattanooga, TN 37415
Phone: 429-999-9999
Email: info@tnsma.com
Contact Form: https://tnsma.org/contact-us/
Website: TN Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Texas Society of Medical Assistants
Phone: 858-837-1203
Email: president@mytsma.org
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Utah State Society of Assistants
2121 N 1700 W
Layton, UT
Phone: 801-773-4840 ext. 4990
Email: ussma18@gmail.com
Website: Home | Utah State Society of Medical Assistants (USSMA)
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Vermont Board of Medical Practice
89 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05620
Phone: 802-828-1505
Email: AHS.VDHMedicalBoard@vermont.gov
Website: VT Board of Medical Practice
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Virginia Society of Medical Assistants
Email: contactus@virginiasocietyofmedicalassistants.org
Website: VA Society of Medical Assistants
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Washington State Department of Health
Health System Licensing
PO Box 47877
Olympia, WA 98504-7877
Phone: 360-236-4700
Email: hsqa.csc@doh.wa.gov
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
State license required
Agency Information
West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
One Davis Square, Suite 100 East
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-0684
Email: DHHRSecretary@wv.gov
Website: WV Dept. of Health & Human Resources
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Wisconsin State Society of Medical Assistants
Contact Form: https://www.wsma.net/contact-us
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
Agency Information
Wyoming Board of Medicine
130 Hobbs Avenue, Suite A
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307-778-7053
Email: wyomedboard@wyo.gov
Website: WY Board of Medicine
State Educational Requirements:
Meets State Educational Requirements
Notes
This state does not require medical assistants to be licensed or certified.
U.S. Territories
Agency Information
American Samoa Medical Services Authority
LBJ Hospital
Pago Pago, AS 96799
Phone: 684-633-4043
Email: scott.anesi@lbj.as
Contact form: https://www.americansamoa.gov/contactus
Website: American Samoa Government
State Educational Requirements:
Undetermined
Notes
N/A
Agency Information
Health Professional Licensing Office (HPLO)
Guam Board of Medical Examiners
194 Hernan Cortez Avenue
Terlaje Professional Building, Suite 213
Hagatna, Guam 96910
Phone: 671-735-7404
Email: hplo@dphss.guam.gov
Website: Guam Health Prof. Licensing
State Educational Requirements:
Undetermined
Notes
N/A
Agency Information
CNMI Board of Professional Licensing
Health Care Professions Licensing Board
PO Box 502078
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670-664-4808/4809
Email: info@cnmilicensing.gov.mp
Contact form: https://www.cnmilicensing.gov.mp/contact-us/
Website: CNMI Licensing
State Educational Requirements:
Undetermined
Notes
N/A
Agency Information
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Office of Regulation and Certification of Health Professionals
State Road No. 8838, km 6.3
Rio Piedras Sector, Monacillos Ward
San Juan, PR 00918
Phone: 787-765-2929
Email: contactus@salud.pr.gov
Website: Puerto Rico Bd. of Licensing and Medical Discipline
State Educational Requirements:
Undetermined
Notes
N/A
Agency Information
Virgin Islands Department of Health
Office of Professional Licensure and Health Planning
Charles Harwood Complex
3500 Est. Richmond
Christiansted, VI 00820
Phone: 340-718-1311
Contact form: https://doh.vi.gov/contact-us/
Website: VI Dept. Professional Licensure and Health Planning
State Educational Requirements:
Undetermined
Notes
N/A