Certification classes
Phlebotomy certification classes
Phlebotomy certification classes prepare you for an exam. The exam, not the class roster, is what produces the credential.
Schools often say “certification” in the program name because students are aiming at a credential. Read the next line. Some listings name a specific exam body. Others only name the school certificate. Those are different documents.
You can finish a careful course and still need to register, pay, and pass a national exam. You can also meet an employer that trains on the job and then asks for the exam. There is no single national license for every state.
California is the clear exception people search for. Most phlebotomy work there requires a state certificate from the Department of Public Health, which in turn requires an approved training program and a national exam. A class in another state does not automatically satisfy that rule.
States and territories
- Alabama 11
- Alaska 3
- Arizona 32
- Arkansas 31
- California 305
- Colorado 22
- Connecticut 22
- Delaware 8
- Florida 172
- Georgia 54
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 1
- Idaho 7
- Illinois 64
- Indiana 64
- Iowa 12
- Kansas 13
- Kentucky 21
- Louisiana 58
- Maine 14
- Maryland 13
- Massachusetts 22
- Michigan 63
- Minnesota 20
- Mississippi 15
- Missouri 30
- Montana 8
- Nebraska 4
- Nevada 17
- New Hampshire 10
- New Jersey 18
- New Mexico 16
- New York 82
- North Carolina 62
- North Dakota 2
- Ohio 133
- Oklahoma 10
- Oregon 14
- Pennsylvania 36
- Rhode Island 4
- South Carolina 16
- South Dakota 3
- Tennessee 33
- Texas 170
- U.S. Virgin Islands 3
- Utah 15
- Vermont 1
- Virginia 40
- Washington 34
- West Virginia 14
- Wisconsin 20
- Wyoming 4
Questions
Does the school give me the national credential?
The school documents training. A certifying organization documents the exam. Keep both records.
Which exam should I take?
Ask the hospitals and labs where you want to work which credentials they accept. Then match the class to that exam.