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Certificates

CERTIFICATES

 Certificates are issued by the Board to candidates who have met all requirements for certification and who have received the approval of the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists. Each certificate shall be signed by the chairman and secretary/treasurer of this Board. No certificate is valid until it has been signed by the executive director of the AOA. Candidates beginning the certification process for the first time in 1997 will be issued a time-dated certificate for a 10-year period.

Inactivation, Reinstatement and Reactivation

Immediately following official notification that a diplomate no longer meets any one of the following requirements for maintaining certification status with the AOA, the certificate will be inactivated according to procedures developed by the Bureau and the AOA Department of Membership. The procedures will give the diplomate ample opportunity and notice to comply with any requirement deficiencies for maintaining AOA certification. The diplomate must:

1. Be a member of the AOA or the Canadian Osteopathic Association.
2. Pay the annual certificate registration fee, unless classified as inactive.
3. Maintain a minimum number of CME credits in a three-year period as prescribed by the AOA, at least one-third of which shall be in the primary specialty (Category I or II).

Reinstatement of a certificate which was revoked when the diplomate was dropped from AOA membership for nonpayment of dues, or for nonpayment of the annual board eligibility registration fee, will be automatic upon reinstatement of the diplomate’s AOA membership and/or payment of the registration fee.