Participant Handbook

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. E. 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, departed from stated procedures, made a serious factual error, failed to consider all significant evidence, or rendered a decision that is arbitrary and capricious.

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CSBS Examiner Certification Program Participant Handbook (3 rd ed.)