A.A total of 80 continuing education credits (CEC) is required for recertification. No single course, meeting, or activity shall be awarded more than one half of the credits needed for recertification. In order to qualify for credit towards meeting the continuing education requirements for recertification by the American Board of Health Physics (ABHP) all courses and other activities must be approved by the Continuing Education Committee of the American Academy of Health Physics (hereafter referred to as "the Committee"). Application for approval may be made directly to the Chairperson of the Committee by the sponsor of a continuing education activity or by a Certified Health Physicist (CHP) who will participate or has participated in the activity. Application for activities that are listed on the pre-approved list under Section III need not be made. Applicants are urged to submit their requests far enough in advance that a decision can be made by the Committee and announced before a scheduled activity begins. Applications must be in the form specified by the Committee and be complete in all respects. The CHP applying for recertification is responsible for maintaining the documentation supporting CECs claimed on the recertification application. The Committee does not maintain individual records of CECs granted.

B.In the context of this Policy, a "continuing education activity" is an activity that contributes to the continuing health physics education of a Certified Health Physicist. Such activities may be formal or informal; however, all activities should contribute to the technical competence of the CHP's professional practice of health physics. Such activities include subjects used directly in health physics work, but not usually designated as health physics; for example, courses in statistics, meteorology as applied to environmental dose assessment, reactor chemistry, or reactor systems training, radiation biology, industrial hygiene, data base management, program management, etc. A Committee member will evaluate each submitted activity on the basis of content and applicability, duration and applicant's statement of applicability to the CHP's current health physics responsibilities. After evaluating these factors, the Committee member will assign each activity a number of continuing education credit in accordance with the criteria established under paragraph D.

C.If the applicant does not agree with the number of credits assigned, the application may be resubmitted with an explanation of the bases for increased credit. In this case, it will be reevaluated by the Committee. If the applicant is not satisfied with the Committee's reevaluation, an appeal may be made to the Executive Committee of the AAHP. The decision of the AAHP Executive Committee shall be final

D.The following guidelines have been established by the Committee for awarding continuing education credit. Participation in pre-approved activities (Section III) do not require submission of an application. Additional activities will be added to the pre-approved list as they are identified. Four major categories of continuing education activities have been approved for CHPs who wish to obtain CEC. These are:

Group A - Formal Educational Activities
Group B - Publications, Reports, and Presentations
Group C - Professional Society Participation
Group D - Other Professional Activities
Group E - Non-technical, related Activities, e.g., advanced technical writing and presentation skills. (Does not include basic computer skills course.

Activities of a continuing nature such as technical committee membership that do not run concurrent with a CHP's four year recertification cycle may be prorated between successive recertification cycles. Further explanation of activities approved for continuing education credit follow.