Mississippi State Department of Health

TB Surveillance and Testing Certification

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Are you a health care professional? Do you need to be certified? The Mississippi State Department of Health offers tuberculosis continuing education in locations statewide.

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Curriculum and Requirements

Course Completion

Criteria for successful completion include:

The Mississippi State Department of Health is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Mississippi Nurses Foundation, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Preparatory Review

A review of the following Glossary and Mantoux chart is strongly recommended prior to attending class.

Scheduled TB Training

Registration is currently underway for in-person classes, as well as, online classes for re-certifications only. Check this web page for further updates regarding online classes.

Pre-registration at least 14 days in advance is required to attend a session. Registration is complete on receipt of payment.

For questions about TB test certification training, please send e-mail to TB.Certification@msdh.ms.gov

Sessions are scheduled throughout the state from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. several times each month. Sign-in begins at 8:00 am and instruction begins promptly at 8:30 am. Late arrivals are not admitted after instruction begins.

Certificate Replacement

If you have earned a training certificate and need a duplicate or replacement copy of your certificate, you can request a replacement online, or by mail.

Contact

For more information about these or any other classes, please call the MSDH TB Line at 601-576-7700. For questions about TB test certification training, please send e-mail to TB.Certification@msdh.ms.gov



Links referenced on this page
Glossary    http://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/7480.pdf
Mantoux Chart    http://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/7479.pdf
View calendar of scheduled classes    https://msdh.ms.gov/calendars/tb.html not found (check this link)
Register and pay online    https://ms.gov/msdh/tb_certification
Register by mail    http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,5119,125,pdf/TBTrainingRegistrationForm.pdf
Request a duplicate online    https://www.ms.gov/msdh/tb_certification_duplicate/
Request a duplicate by mail    http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,5203,125,pdf/CertificateRequest.pdf
TB.Certification@msdh.ms.gov    mailto:TB.Certification@msdh.ms.gov

Resources referenced
Glossary    https://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/7480.pdf ok
Mantoux Chart    https://msdh.ms.gov/page/resources/7479.pdf ok
Register by mail    https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,5119,125,pdf/TBTrainingRegistrationForm.pdf ok
Request a duplicate by mail    https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/14,5203,125,pdf/CertificateRequest.pdf ok

Find this page at http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/index.cfm

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