QMAP

Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (QMAP) training has 3 parts:

  1. A self-guided video course with study materials

  2. An online Written Final Exam 

  3. A hands-on Live Final Exam

Loving Life Providers who complete the training are considered Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (QMAP). By law, Loving Life must train and assure competency before a provider can begin administering medications to any client in our care.

QMAP Training Plan

  1. Request a QMAP Training using the link below.

  2. You will receive an email with instructions and the next steps.

  3. Download the Study Guide and Medication Administration Disclosure Form linked below.

  4. Use the Study Guide while watching the video at the bottom of this page. 

  5. Fill out the Medication Administration Disclosure Form

  6. Scan and email your completed Study Guide and the Medication Administration Disclosure Form to kylie@lovinglife.co or click the link below.

  7. Complete the QMAP online Written Final Exam.

  8. Request a QMAP Live Final Exam. 

  9. Complete your Live Final Exam session.

QMAP Training Links

QMAP Training Presentation

QMAP FAQs

  • A QMAP can:

    • Administer medications according to written physician’s orders.

    • Maintain proper documentation of the administration of both prescription and non-prescription drugs.

    • Use proper techniques when administering medications by various routes.

    • Safely and accurately fill and administer medications to and from medication reminder boxes with a licensed person or qualified manager oversight.

    • Administer medications in authorized settings, including Program-Approved Service Agencies (PASA), serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • • Safe administration of medications according to written physician's orders

    • Maintaining proper documentation of the administration of both prescription and nonprescription drugs

    • Use of proper techniques when administering medications by the various routes

    • Comprehension of important guidelines

    • Use and forms of drugs

    • Medication orders

    • Documentation

    • Medication reminder boxes

    • Steps of procedures for administering medications

    • Medication errors

    • Medication storage

    • Safely and accurately fill and administer medications to and from medication reminder boxes with a licensed person or qualified manager oversight.

    • The Seven RIGHTS of medication administration

  • In the QMAP Live Final Exam, you will demonstrate your competency and skills, including administration of medication and infection prevention.

  • The QMAP training does not lead to a certification or a license. You will be considered qualified to administer medications as a Qualified Medication Administration Person (QMAP).

    Your QMAP status is verified and recorded in the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment QMAP registry at https://cdphe.colorado.gov/qmap/qmap-verification. Online verification is the only official means of verifying a QMAP status.

  • QMAP can only be taught by a “qualified instructor”, which means a nurse, pharmacist, physician, or physician assistant with an active, unrestricted Colorado license.

  • Your QMAP does not expire; however, it is your ethical duty to keep your knowledge and skills current and accurate.