BACB Recertification Procedures

The following procedures apply only to 3-year recertification and not to the annual renewal

1. Documentation submission procedures.

• Certificants must submit the completed Recertification Form and fee  – no documentation should be provided.
• A 10% sample of applicants for recertification will be selected at random.
• Certificants who are selected as part of the 10% sample will be sent a request to submit documentation of continuing education, and will have 30-days from the date on the letter to do so (must be postmarked no later than 30 days following letter date).
• If documentation is not received or documentation submitted does not meet the BACB’s requirements, the person’s certification will be lost unless the matter is otherwise resolved through the BACB’s standard disciplinary procedures.


2. Required documentation of continuing education

Type 1: Completion of graduate level college or university courses, for BCBAs, or undergraduate or graduate, college or university courses, for BCABAs. Course content must be entirely behavior analytic. Any portion or all of the total required number of hours of continuing education may be applied from this category during any three-year certification period.

• Course syllabus and transcript


Type 2: Completion of events sponsored by providers approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. Any portion or all of the total required number of hours of continuing education may be applied from this category during any three-year certification period.

• Certificate from ACE provider


Type 3: Completion of a seminar, colloquium, presentation, conference event, workshop or symposium not approved by the BACB, only if they relate directly to the practice of behavior analysis. A maximum of 25 percent of the total required number of hours of continuing education may be applied from this category during any three-year certification period.

• Attestation signed and dated by the certificant.


Type 4: Instruction by the applicant of a category 1 or 2 continuing education events, on a one-time basis for each event, provided that the applicant was present for the complete event. A maximum of 25 percent of the total required number of hours of continuing education may come from this category during any three-year certification period.

• CE obtained before 12/31/05: Any verifiable documentation – including course syllabus, program agenda, letter from university or ACE coordinator, other.
• CE obtained after 12/31/05 – A letter from the department chair on letterhead from the university at which a course was taught or a letter from the ACE Coordinator.


Type 5: Credentialing events or activities initiated and pre-approved for CEU by the BACB. A maximum of 25 percent of the total required number of hours of continuing education may come from this category during any three-year certification period.

• Letter or certificate from the BACB


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