Top 3 Named for Innovative HME Retail Product Awards at Medtrade | HomeCare Magazine

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Read the full announcement: Top 3 Named for Innovative HME Retail Product Awards at Medtrade | HomeCare Magazine:

"Judges and attendees at the biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine, have tabulated the top three vote getters on day two of Medtrade."

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Follow the link above to learn more about the Top 3 winners:

1. MyPainAway Fibro Cream from Topical BioMedics
2. The SoClean® 2 CPAP Sanitizer (also known as SoClean®) from So Clean
3. The Tour (Walker) from Motivo

The awards are all about promoting and recognizing products that contribute to providers' bottom lines though cash sales.

Training certification class for HMDR Exemptee license applicants

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Be Ready! Common CDPH HMDR Facility Inspection Violations

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• California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Class. Earns a course completion certificate accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch

Updated July 28, 2026

Common California HMDR Inspection Violations

California HMDR renewal inspections can take place annually, unannounced, at any HMDR facility during normal business hours. A customer complaint or other referral may trigger an inspection.

Common violations include:

• Dispensing prescription devices without a valid HMDR exemptee on the premise
• Lack of dispensing records for prescription devices
• Inadequate procedures for the cleaning and maintenance of rental devices
• Inadequate staff training or patient/caregiver consultation
• Inadequate quality assurance procedures and/or lack of documentation of quality assurance procedures.

Source:   California HMDR FAQs on the Home Medical Device Retail Program website (unfortunately, the original source document is no longer posted).

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California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Class. Earns a course completion certificate accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Home Medical Device Retailers by ZIP Code | Rally - Open Data Portal

Updated September 10, 2025

The original link broke.

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Medical Equipment Suppliers according to the CMS:

https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/ct36-nrcq

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View & reconfigure this dataset: Home Medical Device Retailers by ZIP Code | Rally - Open Data Portal:

"This table represents a current listing of Home Medical Device Retailers (HMDR) licensed by the Food and Drug Branch (FDB) of the California Department of Public Health. HMDR firms are businesses that sell, rent or lease prescription medical devices and over-the-counter durable medical equipment (DME) for support of patients maintained in the home setting for short or long periods due to recuperation or long term chronic disease or disability."

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Summer's Here! Complete Training Certification Before Vacation

It's Summer-time!

Don't let your Exemptee training or Designated Representative training hang over your head going into Summer.

Just get it done now, before:

• the kids get out of school
• you find yourself on vacation

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training - New!
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Policies and Procedures - California HMDR Facilities Must Have Them

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Updated September 8, 2021

A link broke in the original post. Here's how to enroll in the SOP Course.

Pricing – Standard Operating Procedures Course

• $100 per student when co-purchased with our California Exemptee training course.
• Select our Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Course as an optional “add-on” course when you purchase our California HMDR Exemptee license training certification course (in other words, buy the Exemptee course, then add the optional SOP course during registration).

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Policies And Procedures For California HMDR Facilities

California HMDR facilities shall have written policies and procedures.  Make sure you know how to write them, have them in place, and follow them. Your staff should be well-versed with them, and you want to make sure that they are following them.  You might want to consider taking:
Writing Procedures: Drug and Device Wholesalers and HMDR - an online training course

CA HMDR Facilities Must Have Policies and Procedures | SkillsPlus International Info:  'via Blog this'

Section 111656.3 starts out with:  

"Each home medical device retail facility shall have written policies and procedures related to home medical device handling and, if authorized by the department pursuant to Section 111656.4, the dispensing of prescription devices. Those written policies and procedures shall be adequate to assure compliance with this article and shall include, but not be limited to . . . "  

Notice the phrase, " . . . shall have written policies and procedures . . . "

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California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for Home Medical Device Retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

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• CA Home Medical Device Retailer Exemptee License Application (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)
• Problems With Standard Operating Procedures? We've Got Templates (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)

California HMDR Facility - Policies and Procedures

• California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification - online training class for home medical device retailers taught by SkillsPlus International Inc. |  If you are applying for a California Exemptee license, you'll need to include proof of required training in your license application. Take this online course to earn a course completion certificate for your license application.

Policy And Procedure Writing - An Online Training Course

California HMDRFs shall have written policies and procedures.

Make sure you know how to write them, have them in place, and follow them.

CA HMDR Facilities Must Have Policies and Procedures | SkillsPlus International Info:  'via Blog this'

Section 111656.3 starts out with:  

"Each home medical device retail facility shall have written policies and procedures related to home medical device handling and, if authorized by the department pursuant to Section 111656.4, the dispensing of prescription devices. Those written policies and procedures shall be adequate to assure compliance with this article and shall include, but not be limited to . . . "  

Notice the phrase, " . . . shall have written policies and procedures . . . "

You might also be interested in:
Buy Now: Writing Procedures: Drug and Device Wholesalers and HMDR - an online training course

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Training program for California HMDR Exemptee license applicants

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Related articles

• CA HMDR Facilities Must Have Policies and Procedures (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)
• CA Pharmacy Designated Representative - Online CBT Training (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)
• CA Home Medical Device Retailer Exemptee License Application (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)
• Problems With Standard Operating Procedures? We've Got Templates (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)