NCCAOM CEU Requirements

To Recertify from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine:

• All Diplomates are required to document a total of 60 PDA points in their four-year recertification cycle. The 60 PDA points are divided into two sections: 1) Competency Maintenance, and 2) Professional Development Activities.
• A minimum of 30 PDA points must be earned from continuing education.
• Of the 30, 4 must be in ethics or safety. Note that ethics is not required if you take a course on safety.
• Another 11 must be in adjuct therapies or practice enhancement.
• CPR certification is required within the four-year recertification cycle. The CPR card does not need to be current but must have been issued within the last four years. A maximum of four PDA points may be applied toward the 60 PDA points required for recertification; however, the points may not be used in the Safety/Ethics category under Competency Maintenance.
• By attending just one large MAS CEU seminar a year for 4 years, you can earn 56 PDA points, and then just need to make sure you get your points for safety/ethics, CPR, and adjunct therapy and you have enough for recertification!

To get the most up to date information on recertification, visit the NCCAOM website at www.nccaom.org