Phlebotomy Technician Program

Authorized by Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Committee (GNPEC)

Program Overview

This comprehensive 180-hour program prepares students to proficiently function as phlebotomy technicians and to pass the certification exam. The course includes 60 classroom and laboratory hours, and 120 clinical externship hours. Important practice and background information on anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system and other body systems are covered. Medical terminology, disease processes, ethics and legal aspects of patient contact are also covered. Additionally, students will perform hands on skills to include; introduction to the function and proper use of various needles, tubes and other specimen collection devices.

Textbook


Hartman’s Complete Guide for the Phlebotomy Technician

Hartman’s Publishing, Inc
ISBN 978-1-60425-129-6

Program Entrance Requirements

  1. Pay the required application fee
  2. Pay the required deposit in full
  3. Driver’s License/State ID
  4. Social Security card
  5. HS Diploma/GED
  6. TB Skin Test
  7. Background Check
  8. CPR/First Aid
  9. Drug Screen
  10. Immunization Record
  11. COVID Vaccine/Negative COVID Test

Tuition and Fees 

  • Tuition: $1200.00
  • Application Fee: $50.00 (non-refundable)
  • Background Check: $65.00 (non-refundable)
  • CPR/AED & First Aid AHA Training and Certification: $75.00
  • Drug Screen: $65.00 (non-refundable)
  • Lab Supplies: $200.00
  • Student Insurance: $25.00
  • Uniforms (2):$100.00 (XL & up = $5 more) (non-refundable once they have been opened, worn, or used)
  • Lab Supplies- $200.00
  • Textbook: $40.00
  • NHA Certification Exam: $129.00
  • Graduation (Cap & Gown): $80.00

Payment Plans 

Certification Exam Fee: $129.00 (NHA) (This fee is paid after students have completed all course work)
Textbook Fee: ($40.00) (paid separately).
Application Processing Fee: Fifty Dollars ($50.00) non-refundable
Phlebotomy Technician Course Training Fees: $1,820.00 (see table below for fee breakdown)

Two Payment Plans I & II:

Plan I: One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1,820.00) due before class begins, in addition to the Fifty Dollar ($50.00) non-refundable application fee paid at enrollment.
Certification Exam Fee: One Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars ($129.00) (NHA) (paid separately after completion). Textbook Fee: Forty Dollars ($40.00) (paid separately).
($35.00 return check fee applies. All future payments will be required to be paid in cash, money order, or credit card.)

Plan II: Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) due before class begins, which includes a Two Hundred Dollar ($200.00) deposit and a Fifty Dollar ($50.00) non-refundable application fee, and Three Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars ($324.00) per week due on Thursday of each week for five (5) payments total.

Certification Exam Fee: One Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars ($129.00) (NHA) (This fee is not included in tuition and must be paid separately after students have completed all course work).
Textbook Fee: Forty Dollars ($40.00) (This fee is not included in tuition and must be paid separately).

($35.00 return check fee applies. All future payments will be required to be paid in cash, money order, or credit card.)

For students who choose payment plan II, all payments must be made in full on the due date (Thursday) prior to the first day of clinical rotation. Checks will not be accepted as final payment. Certificate of completion will not be given and the student will not be scheduled for the certification exam until all payments are made in full

Program Acceptance Standards

To be accepted into Heritage Health Career Center’s (HHCC) program, each applicant must understand and meet the following program acceptance standards and verify such by signing this ENROLLMENT APPLICATION. Failure to meet and accept these standards will result in an admission denial:

There will be no night clinical rotations.

  • Applicant must be physically able to bend, kneel and lift.
  • Applicant must be able to communicate clearly using the English language due to its exclusive use by the instructors and its predominant use by medical terms and medical facilities. This includes the ability to understand written and spoken English plus the ability to speak clearly, to be clearly understood, to read written English and to write clearly using the English language. All aspects of the HHCC use ONLY the English language for all communications, including the textbooks.
  • Applicant must be able to work and interact competently with other people.
  • Applicant must be legally eligible to work or train in the United States and must possess a valid social security number.
  • Applicant must not test positive for tuberculosis or Hepatitis B.
  • Applicant must have NO felony or misdemeanor in ANY state involving ANY sex related crimes or ANY crimes related to murder, attempted murder, assault, battery, kidnapping, abduction of a minor, aggravated menacing, aggravated robbery, grand theft, patient abuse ,patient neglect, Medicaid fraud, insurance fraud or ANY convictions involving the abuse, neglect, or harassment of a minor or an elderly person. ANY convictions involving methamphetamine will also result in an admission denial.

Goals of the Program

  • Prepare the student to work as a Phlebotomist in a variety of health care settings such as the hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, mobile services, etc.
  • Acquire a basic working knowledge of medical terminology
  • Become familiar and learn the basic structure, functions, and interaction of each body system
  • Discuss the pathway from patient contact through the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and financial aspects of medical care.
  • Demonstrate the strict safety standards needed to protect self, patients, employees, and employers.
  • Explain the legal, cultural, and ethical issues and regulations within healthcare
  • Perform all clinical duties expected of clinical phlebotomist