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, 1992.
To retain the ICC certification, a biomedical professional must
know the breakdown of his/her certification renewal cycle, and when to submit the documents required for certification renewal.
Renewal includes the accumulation of a minimum of 15 activity points over a three-year-period
and submission of a Continuing
Practice Journal. 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.