Recertify by Contact Hours

To recertify by contact hours, you are required to earn 125 contact hours, of which 75 hours must be related to perioperative nursing, within a five year period. In order to use any continuing education activity, you will need to have received a certificate of completion awarding you contact hours from one of the acceptable accredited providers.  You will need to enter and maintain these contact hours in your CCI online account (more information below). 

Application
If you are due to recertify in 2012, you may apply for recertification by contact hours now.   If you are due to recertify in 2013, online applications will be accepted beginning January 1, 2013. 

Contact Hour Earning Period
The window during which you may earn and apply contact hours toward recertification has changed effective January 1, 2011.  Please refer to the table below to determine the time period during which your eligible contact hours must be earned:

The following policies have not changed:
-  Your credential is still good for a five years period.
-  You still have five years to earn contact hours.
-  Your application is still due on July 1st to recertify your credential without penalty.

Contact Hour Database
You will use the CCI Contact Hour database to track your CEs.  CCI recommends that you log your hours as you earn them.  To start, login to your account. Scroll down below your profile.  Under What Would You Like to Do, select Add Contact Hours.

You Will Need the Following Information to Log in Your CEs:
-  Activity name
-  Activity date
-  CE hours earned
-  Accredited provider (must be from the Accredited Provider List)

Learn more about how to earn CEs in the Continuing Education section of the CCI website including:
-  Approved Topics
-  Accredited Providers 
-  Earn CEs through CCI
-  Home Study Sources