Approved by the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality
The state-required assisted living manager training — the course people also call ALM classes or the manager certification — with no cohorts, no classroom days, and no waiting. Enroll now and start tonight. Built by a licensed Maryland manager who runs a building today.
$997 one time. No access clock. Instant, verifiable certificate.
On the state's approved-vendor list
Listed as The Care Insider, approved for the 80-hour course and the 20-hour CE (list updated September 14, 2026).
Most approved vendors run classroom cohorts on fixed dates. This course has no schedule at all — which is the whole point.
There is no next cohort because there are no cohorts. Enroll, and the first lesson is open before you've closed the tab.
No deadline and no access clock. Take it in a month or take it across a year — the course is yours until you finish.
Video lessons, quizzes that grade themselves, and progress that saves automatically. Train between shifts, on the couch, anywhere.
From a Google review
“I loved that the course was self-paced. … Signing up, finding the course, working through it, and downloading my certificate were all easy. Nothing was slow or confusing, and everything was laid out really well. … The day after I completed the course, I got my fingerprints and background check done, obtained my employment letter, and took my passport photo. It's been a seamless process!”
Fifteen units and a final examination, covering every required content area of COMAR 10.07.14.17A — written to the current Maryland regulations, not a generic national course with the state name swapped in.
Most courses are taught by a company. This one is taught by two people who do the job.
Classroom and live-virtual versions of this course run $1,155 to $1,400 — plus the days off work to sit in them. Ours is fully online at $997, one time, and there is no clock on finishing it.
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Yes. The Care Insider's 80-hour Assisted Living Manager course is 100% online and self-paced, and The Care Insider is approved by the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) to teach it. Every lesson, quiz, and the final exam is online — there are no classroom days, no Zoom sessions, and no cohort start dates.
Since July 1, 2026, practicing as an assisted living manager in Maryland requires a license from the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators. The 80-hour manager training course, taken from an OHCQ-approved vendor, is the training step on that path; it covers the 13 required content areas of COMAR 10.07.14.17A and ends with a required examination.
Yes — this is the training people usually mean by "assisted living manager certification" or "ALM classes." Completing the 80-hour course and passing the final exam earns your certificate of completion. Maryland then issues the license itself through the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators, after fingerprints, an online application, and fees. The certificate is the training step; the license is the permission to practice.
No. The old version of COMAR 10.07.14.16 capped Internet-based training at 25 of the 80 hours. That cap was removed when Maryland rewrote its assisted living regulations effective April 28, 2025. The current rule says the course may be provided through in-person courses, virtual training methods, or a combination of both — so the full 80 hours can be taken online from a vendor OHCQ has approved.
It doesn't. There is no schedule, no cohort, and no waiting list. The course is 100% online and self-paced, so it starts the moment you enroll — including tonight.
Yes. The Care Insider is listed by name on the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality's approved-vendor list for both the 80-hour Assisted Living Manager course and the 20-hour continuing education (list updated September 14, 2026). OHCQ approves vendors per course, so check that whoever you choose is approved for the 80 hours specifically — some vendors on the list are approved for the 20-hour CE only.
As long as you need. Some online courses expire 90 days after purchase with no refunds. Ours doesn't expire. Working full-time while you study is the normal case, and the course is built for it.
No. Every lesson, quiz, and the final exam is online, on your schedule. Classroom and live-virtual versions of this course run $1,155 to $1,400 and meet on fixed dates — Saturdays or weekday evenings over about two months.
It's a real exam, but it tests the same material the course teaches. It is multiple choice, drawn from every unit, and you need 80% to pass. If you fall short, you see which questions you missed, review that material, and take it again. Every unit ends with quizzes at the same standard, so the final is never the first time you're tested.
You pass the final exam, and a verifiable certificate is generated instantly. Then you complete your fingerprints and apply to the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators. We lay out that whole path, fees included, on our license guide.
Not yet. The 80-hour course is the initial training. Once you're licensed, the Board requires 20 hours of continuing education every two-year renewal cycle — we're approved for that course as well, taught by the same instructors.
Not sure what the whole license takes? See the complete path — training, fingerprints, the Board application, and the fees.
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Take the Maryland ALM Licensing Checklist with you — the full requirements, both applicant paths, and the background-check step that trips people up.