Certification
Renewal Made Easy
Well
okay, it hasn't been made easier, it has always been
pretty simple; most make it harder than it needs to
be…
Once
certified, you have to maintain that certification every
2 years by submitting the renewal application, the renewal
fee, and the verification of the appropriate number
of continuing education hours (20 for AAC, 30 for ADPC/ADC
or 40 for ACC). 90 days PRIOR to your certification
expiration date you receive a renewal form from the
NCCAP office. This renewal form is sent to the address
we have on file (from 2 years prior when you renewed,
or initially applied). If you do not get a renewal form,
you can download a generic renewal form from the www.nccap.org
site under downloadable forms, or you can contact the
office and we will be glad to fax you another one. The
fact that you didn't receive one, 90% of the time, is
because NCCAP was not informed of a move. Your renewal
is due ON or BEFORE your expiration date - once it is
received by the NCCAP office, it is processed and then
forwarded to a volunteer reviewer who has been trained
to know:
1) that content of the certificates of attendance contain
all the required components,
2) that the topics submitted are actually topics NCCAP
would accept according to the Body of Knowledge categories,
3) that they have been taken within the 2 year time
frame from your last renewal to this renewal, and
4) whether the dates and the number of CE hours agree.
The reviewer has 14 days in which to turn the files
around and then sends it back to the NCCAP office where
it is processed either for renewing or back to you for
more information. Although NCCAP allows 8-12 weeks,
we generally get them turned around in about 5 weeks.
Things
that slow down the process (and yes these are actual
instances):
· make sure you send a check with the renewal
packet
· make sure you submit certificates to verify
the CE's
· make sure you submit the certificates that
you wrote on the CE's
· make sure the number of hours you write on
the renewal application agrees with the number of CE
hours written on the certificate
· make sure if the CE was taken via home study
that it was either pre-approved or through a college/university
· make sure it was completed within the 2 year
time frame
If
it's a conference - simply write that on the renewal
form and then send the CE's to verify the sessions attended.
You DO NOT need to list each and every session. EXAMPLE:
Session
title: NAAP Conference
Date: 4/2006
Number of hours: 15.5
With these few simple steps, your certification renewal
will go smoothly. NN
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