We are glad that you are interested in regaining your certification!
There are two ways to regain your certification. If you meet
certain requirements, you may be able to have your
certification reinstated. If you do not meet the
requirements for reinstatement, you can regain certification by passing PANCE or – if you've fulfilled special CME requirements – by passing the computer-based PANRE or the Web-based, take-at-home Pathway II recertification exam.
Both options are described below.
Reinstatement:
You may
qualify for reinstatement if the reason your certification
lapsed was due to an administration function, such as a
failure to log CME hours or make any fee payments. This option does not
apply to PAs who do not finish earning the required CME
hours before
Dec. 31 of the certification expiration year or
do not pass a recertification exam by the end of their
six-year cycle.
The reinstatement fee is $250 minus any certification maintenance fees that are received by Dec. 31 of the certification expiration year. All items that are outstanding have to be submitted within six months after certification lapses.
Regaining:
To be eligible to attempt to regain certification via PANRE or Pathway II, you must log 300 hours of CME earned during the six-year period ending on the day of application and payment submission. Also, 100 of those hours
have to be earned during the last two years leading up to the submission of the application and payment. At least 150 of the total required CME hours must be Category I with 50 of them being earned within the last two years from the submission of the application and payment. Physician Assistants with an expired certification cannot log CME online and will be required to submit any additional required CME ot NCCPA on a CME Logging for Regaining Form.
No CME hours are required to take the PANCE exam to attempt to regain certification. The table below illustrates those requirements.
| Exam | A Total of 300 CME Hours Earned… |
Including at Least 100 CME Hours Earned… |
| PANCE | Do not need CME hours | |
| PANRE | During the six-year period leading up to the submission of application and payment | During the two-year period leading up to the submission of application and payment |
| Pathway II | June 13, 2002-June 13, 2008 | June 13, 2006-June 13, 2008 |
Please keep in mind that if you plan to take Pathway II, you must also fulfill that exam’s 100-point elective component requirement in addition to the 300-hour CME requirement earned during the last six years.
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