Participant Handbook updated November 2024

• Misrepresentation of certification status • Change in employment status • Inability to meet continuing education requirements

In any investigation of alleged misconduct, misrepresentation, and/or noncompliance, an objective review process is conducted in which evidence substantiating the allegations is collected to provide due process and to protect the rights of candidates and/or certified persons. When CSBS staff or the Committee finds a certified person to be in non-compliance with certification criteria or other policies, the certified person’s certification status is suspended. The Committee requires the certified person to show why certification should not be revoked. In such cases, the burden of proof will be on the certified person to demonstrate why certification should not be revoked. 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 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. Appeals and Complaints Appeals: In the event of a decision by the Certification Committee resulting in the denial of an initial certification (or recertification), suspension of certification, or revocation of certification, the individual may appeal the decision. Only the individual shall have the right of appeal. No other party shall be considered to have standing to pursue an appeal. The basis for this appeal must be that the Committee acted with alleged bias,

7 Examiner Certification Program / Participant Handbook