Certification Continuing Practice Journal
To maintain certification, those certified must submit, every three years, a renewal fee and a Continuing Practice Journal in which professional activities are reported and assigned equivalency points. The journal is available online in two formats.
Since renewal is due every three years, most certificants logically assume that the first Journal is due three years from the year in which they were certified. In fact, Journals are due at the end of the fourth year after certification is achieved (and every three years thereafter).
This is because, upon being certified, each individual receives the remainder of the year in which they are certified plus the next full calendar year as their initial period of certification. At the end of that time, individuals will receive a renewal invoice to extend certification for a three-year period. The first Continuing Practice Journal is not due until the end of that three-year period.
For example, those people certified in 1996 received the remainder of 1996 plus all of 1997 as their initial period of certification (i.e., were given an initial expiration date of December 31, 1997). To extend their certification another three years, upon expiration they were required to pay a triennial renewal fee. Then, on December 31, 2000, their next triennial renewal fee and their first Continuing Practice Journal were due. Journals and renewal fees are due every three years thereafter.
For help determining your renewal cycle, check out this table on Renewal Cycles.
If you are uncertain of your renewal status, please call the ICC Information Line at +1 703-525-4890 ext. 1207 before sending a journal or fees.