1. WHAT’S IN A NAME?
American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a national nonprofit certification agency and membership society devoted
exclusively to allied health professionals. Founded in 1939, AMT’s goals are to promote and maintain a high standard of
excellence for allied health professionals and support their role as part of the patient health care team.
AMT awards national credentials for a variety of different allied health professions. Although some of AMT’s credentials
bear the designation “Registered”, it is important to note that all individuals credentialed by AMT are considered
“Certified”. Below are clarifying facts concerning AMT’s certification programs and credentials.
 The “Registered” and “Certified” designations are interchangeable – both are utilized by leading accredited
credentialing organizations and boards. Individuals bearing the AMT “Registered” credential have indeed been
“Certified” by AMT, much to the same extent as Registered Nurses, Registered Dieticians and Registered
Respiratory Therapists have been “Certified” by their respective boards.
 AMT exams are fully accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), a division of the
National Organization for Competency Assurance. NCCA approval is an independent recognition that AMT’s
certification process conforms to a prescribed set of rigorous credentialing standards. NCCA and its standards do
not distinguish between those of its accredited programs that use the word “Registered” versus those that use the
word “Certified”.
 Individuals earning the AMT credential receive an official certificate from the AMT Board of Directors indicating
that they are “Certified” in their specific allied health specialty.
 Although few states have licensure laws and regulations directly addressing specific medical assisting credentials,
those that do expressly acknowledge AMT certifications as valid credentials.
 AMT is listed as a national certification agency on the US Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics web
site.
 To earn the AMT credential, an applicant must have graduated from an accredited program (or in some instances
met a specific number of years of relevant and supervised experience in a clinical setting) and must pass AMT’s
competency-based certification examination.
 AMT’s exams are developed in accordance with state-of-the-art psychometric standards and administered with a
high degree of examination security. The exam is periodically content-validated using task analyses to ensure that
it tests for currently relevant competencies.
 AMT requires its certificants to document their ongoing professional activities, including continuing education, for
maintenance of certification. Through this requirement, the practitioner demonstrates continued efforts to maintain
the competencies acquired at initial certification.
Allied Health Credentials Awarded by AMT include:  Registered Medical Assistant: RMA(AMT)  Certified
Medical Administrative Specialist: CMAS(AMT)  Registered Phlebotomy Technician: RPT(AMT)  Registered
Dental Assistant: RDA(AMT)  Medical Laboratory Technician: MLT (AMT)  Medical Technologist: MT(AMT)
 Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant: CMLA(AMT)  Allied Health Instructor: AHI(AMT)*  Clinical Laboratory
Consultant: CLC(AMT)*
*not competency-based certifications
American Medical Technologists
10700 West Higgins Road, Suite 150
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: 847.823.5169 - Fax: 847.823.0458
www.amt1.com