Patient care technicians are allied health professionals who provide direct patient care within their regulated scope of practice. They perform basic nursing assistant tasks (as delegated by the nursing or medical staff) which may include obtaining patient vital signs and other data, communicating with the healthcare team and patients, assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs), complying with confidentiality requirements, and performing ECGs and phlebotomy tasks.
There are THREE (3) routes of eligibility to take the NCPCT exam. Select your route of eligibility from the following:
Are you a CURRENT STUDENT in a Patient Care Technician program from an NCCT (authorized) school?
Are you a GRADUATE from a Patient Care Technician program from an NCCT (authorized) school, within the past FIVE years?
You have one year of verifiable full-time experience as a Patient Care Technician practitioner within the past FIVE years.
Have you completed Patient Care Technician training or its equivalent during U.S. Military service within the past FIVE years?
You are a member [active-duty, retired, veteran] of the United States Armed Forces, or a spouse thereof, and have one year of verifiable full-time experience as a Patient Care Technician practitioner within the past FIVE years.
In order for NCCT to process your application in a timely manner your application and all required documentation must be submitted 14 days prior to your anticipated test date.
Applications and payments are valid for one year from the date of submission to NCCT.
The practice of some professions may be regulated in certain states and it is your responsibility to determine whether this certification meets your state requirements for practice before taking it.
For information regarding requests for ADA accommodations, download the following documents:
To complete your application; a test site & test date will be required.
Please contact NCCT 800-875-4404 as needed for this information.