The re-certification renewal must be done every sixty months or 5-years interval to maintain the credentials.
In New Jersey, the law does not require medical assistants to be certified. New Jersey does allow certified medical assistants to administer injections, take vital sign measurement, phlebotomy, and assist with physical examinations and patient education. New Jersey maintains one of the strictest medical assistant licensing, medical assistants in this state generally enjoy a wide scope of practice. Clinical duties include but not limited to administering muscular injections and assisting in minor surgical procedures. Medical Assistants may not administer injections of any substance related to allergenic testing or treatment, antineoplastic chemotherapeutic agents, local anesthetics, controlled dangerous substances, or experimental drugs nor perform surgeries, give a diagnosis (written or oral), give local anesthetics, provide an alternative treatment, or provide any sort of