Requirements for the Maintenance of Certification

Completion of Acceptable CEUs During a Two-Year Cycle

Individuals who have received the CSCP credential (Certificants) shall be required to complete 20 CEUs during a cycle of two years which shall commence on January 1 of the year following the date on which the CSCP credential is received. For purposes of this requirement, all CEUs must be earned within the Core Content Areas.

The following table illustrates the timeline for completion of the CEU requirement for Certificants during calendar years 2008, 2009, and 2010:

Criteria for Continuing Education Units

Certificants should calculate CEUs earned based upon the section Examples of Activities That May Qualify for CEUs.

Payment of Administrative Fee

Certificants shall be charged an administrative fee at the end of each two-year reporting cycle.

• Non-Member: $50.00
• NSCP Members: $30.00

Reporting and Recordkeeping

The CEU requirement must be met during each two-year reporting cycle. CEUs earned in excess of the requirement during a particular reporting cycle may not be applied to subsequent reporting cycles.

Certificants are required to report (e.g. name of program, name of the program sponsor, date of program, location, number of CEUs, and the specific topic from the Core Content Area) earned continuing education units within 31 days (i.e. by January 31), following the end of the CEU cycle (December 31). Certificants not selected for a verification review will receive a CEU Validation Certificate to retain as evidence of satisfaction of the CEU requirements. Certificants selected for a verification review shall not receive a CEU Validation Certificate until such time as they have complied with the review process. A CEU Validation Certificate will be forwarded to review Certificants after documentation has been received and approved.

Certificants are responsible for maintaining all relevant documentation pertaining to CEUs acquired during the reporting cycle. Do not send documentation unless specifically requested. The Board of Governors may request these documents at any time up to two years from the end of a reporting cycle.

For those educational activities involving an examination, acceptable documentation may consist of a grade report or transcript. For other programs, a written confirmation of attendance (e.g., Certificate of Attendance, Certificate of Completion) from the sponsoring organization shall be acceptable. Such documentation should include: name of individual participating in the program, name of the program, name of the sponsor, date of program, location of program, number of CEUs earned and signature of sponsor representative. If written confirmation is unavailable, the Certificant should retain an agenda for the program which identifies the topics addressed and the time allotted for each topic.

NSCP reserves the right to decline credit for any individually reported CEU.