Participant Handbook updated April 2022

leadership, learning, and service activities. Continuing education should be selected with the goal of maintaining, improving, or expanding the examiner’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. This requirement will not be waived unless it poses an undue hardship on an individual due to a disability or a similar barrier. All approved continuing education hours must be submitted through the online portal no later than ninety (90) days after the certified person’s recertification date. Certification Fees: Upon approval of an application, an examiner or the examiner’s department is billed a one-time application fee of $20. At the next billing cycle for the individual or department, the annual $75 certification fee is billed for each credential held. All certification fees should be paid within ninety (90) days of issuance of the invoice. D. Use of Certificates, Logos, and Designation Certification applicants and certified persons agree to comply with the following provisions related to the use of certificates, logos, and designation relating to the ECP: 1. To make claims regarding certification only with the respect to the scope for which the certification has been granted. 2. Not to use the certification in such a manner as to bring CSBS, the CSBS Education Foundation, the ECP, or the Committee into disrepute, and not to make any statement regarding the certification which the Committee considers misleading or unauthorized. 3. Upon suspension or withdrawal of certification, to discontinue the use of all claims to certification that contain any reference to CSBS, the CSBS Education Foundation, the ECP, or the Committee, and to return any certificates issued. 4. Upon suspension or withdrawal of certification, to discontinue the use of any designation that refers to CSBS, the CSBS Education Foundation, the ECP, or the Committee, or any ECP certification. The Committee reserves the right to address, by means of corrective measures, any misuse of its certification mark, logo, or designation. If an initial written request to cease misuse of a certification mark, logo, or designation is not adhered to, the Committee reserves the right to initiate a formal complaint under the ECP complaint process.

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