The Recertification period for the
cycle ending 12-31-2007 is closed. If you failed to submit the requested
documentation in order to renew your recertification by the January
31, 2008 deadline, it is unfortunate, but you are no longer certified.
Please note, if your employer contacts us for verification, as is
now required by Joint Commission, we are obligated to tell them you
are no longer certified. In order to regain the certification designation,
you will need to retake the certification exam.
Important update regarding recertification!
It has been discovered that several state societies (not all) were
not meeting the ASATT guidelines for awarding CE’s that could
be used towards recertification. It also was brought to our attention
that some state societies were issuing certificates that were blank.
This allowed for one of two things to happen: the certificate could
be reproduced and passed out to other technicians to use for CE’s,
or the individual “added” CE’s to the certificate
that they actually did not earn.
Since many technicians use these meetings as a primary source
of CE’s for recertification, it was felt that it was not fair
for them to think they had the needed number of CE’s for recertification,
only to be told at the end of the year that those meetings did not
meet the criteria and that they did not have the 20 or 30 CE’s
needed for recertification.
During the Board of Director’s business meeting in San Francisco,
the Board voted and unanimously approved that as of January 1, 2008,
we will no longer accept CE’s earned by attending individual
state society meetings unless prior approval from ASATT
has been obtained.
If you attended a meeting other than one that has been sponsored
by ASATT, the South Carolina Society of Anesthesia Technicians (SCSAT)
or the Rocky Mountain Society of Anesthesia Technicians and Technologists
(RMSATT) those CE’s will not be accepted, unless prior approval
from the ASATT Education Committee was received. This will be in
effect for the 12-31-2008 recertification cycle.
We regret the inconvenience that this will cause anesthesia technicians
looking for local education meetings to earn CE’s. Before
registering and paying for these meetings, please inquire whether
or not ASATT prior approval has been given. If you opt to attend
the course and submit CE’s from these meetings, please be
aware that you are gambling with your certification status.
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Download the Technician or Technologist Certification Handbook here!
The cost to sit for either of the exams is $225 for a current ASATT
member and $300 for a non-member.
Requests for applications can be sent to ASATT at the address below.
Make sure your request includes your name, address with zip code,
phone and fax numbers.
Download ASATT Recertification Forms here!
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