Maintaining Your Certification

1. Renewal application are mailed three months prior to the certification expiration date.
2. Required continuing education units for re-certification are:
   
   

   Certification Level	Continuing Education
   Level 1	15 hours
   Level 2	30 hours
   Level 3	45 hours

   
   
3. Certificants must maintain records of their continuing education units and will be required to verify these units when applying for re-certification.
4. The certificant completes the certification renewal form, and sends it, along with payment and documentation of having earned the required number of continuing education units.
5. Incomplete applications will be returned to certificant.
6. The renewal application, fee and required continuing education units must be received by the certificant's expiration date. Failure to do so will result in cancellation of certification. In order to pay the member rate at time of renewal, you must have been a member during the entire three-year certification period. Otherwise, you will be required to pay the non-member rate.

• Certificates of completion
• College/university transcripts
• Registration or confirmation notices of attendance at conferences
• Letter from educational provider
• Copies of rosters
• Documentation from allied associations

Moving One Certification Level to the Next?

• You may change levels by meeting the additional academic education and specialized training hours for the new level.
• You must provide documentation of additional requirements.
• Are expected to meet the continuing education requirements for new level at your next recertification date.
• Your renewal date will be changed to reflect the time of the level change.
• You may lower certification level by submitting certification application with appropriate fee.