Certification Renewal
The Certification Renewal Program ensures that those
who are actively certified maintain a level of professional knowledge
and skill consistent with the standard that existed when their
certification was initially conferred.
Renewal programs are important because they require
holders of the credential to present evidence that they are maintaining
the established standard. This enables certification to retain meaning
and value for every individual who achieves it, particularly when
years pass after the credential is issued.
Recognizing this, the Boards of Examiners for the
International Certification Commission for Clinical Engineering
and Biomedical Technology (ICC), and the United State Certification
Commission (USCC), implemented the Evidence of Continuing Practice
program effective January 1, 1994.
To retain the ICC certification, a biomedical professional must
accumulate a minimum of 15 activity points over a three-year-period
and submit a Continuing
Practice Journal (pdf). Activity points can be accumulated
through a wide range of professional activities, including attending
educational meetings and conferences, speaking, reading, writing
and participating in professional organizations. |
