CPIA Recertification

• At least 40 of the 50 hours of continuing education credit required for recertification must cover IACUC-administration related topics listed in the CPIA Body of Knowledge/Content Outline. Up to 10 hours can be on professional development topics not directly related to IACUC administration,  but support an individual’s work in animal program management (examples include leadership/management training and general laboratory animal science topics).
• Candidates may earn up to 50 credit hours for category 2 (online training and webinars).
• No more than 30 continuing education hours may be earned in a single category with the exception of of category 2 (online training and webinars); there are dditional restrictions for categories 9 (exam items) and 12 (local or regional IACUC administration-related networking group meetings).
• Credit hours must be earned within the current five-year certification period.
• Continuing education activities scheduled after the application deadline (but before certification lapse date) may be counted toward recertification. Candidates are responsible for sharing attendance information upon completion of the program.

*Candidates must provide either a certificate of attendance signed by the host/leader of the meeting showing topics and total hours, or a copy of the minutes from the meeting showing attendees, topics and total hours.

For more information on about the CPIA acceptable categories please refer to the recertification guidelines.

• Individuals are responsible for obtaining source documentation (certificates, letters of attendance, etc.) for recertification credit and for retaining copies of such documentation for at least three years following recertification.
• Documentation for all continuing education credits must be included with the recertification application.
  • Suitable documentation for online learning opportunities that don’t issue certificates of attendance include: copies of sign-in attendance sheets; logs detailing the program title, date of participation, and length of the program that are signed by a supervisor; emails confirming attendance after the conclusion of the program.
  • For PRIM&R webinars, candidates can document their participation by printing a copy of their certificates log, which is located here. Instructions can be found here.
  • For PRIM&R conferences, candidates can access their certificates here by clicking on the My Activity tab, and then selecting the Content tab. Instructions can be found here.
• A CE Tracker is available to keep a record of continuing education credits.
  • Recertification candidates should complete the CEU Tracker tab on the spreadsheet; credit hours will automatically populate in the credit hours tab. The continuing education tracker document should be sent as an Excel file.
• Continuing education credits must be earned within the current five-year certification period. CE activities scheduled after the application due date, but before the expiration date, may be counted toward recertification so long as:
  • The application includes information about the planned continuing education activity
  • Written notice is provided to PRIM&R upon completion of the activity
  • Acceptable documentation of attendance is submitted as soon as it is available