ICPA 200-Hour Certification and 400-Hour Diplomate:
Biennial Continuing Education Requirements
The mission of the ICPA Diplomate Program is to establish and advance chiropractic family care for the profession. To accomplish this, we expect our graduates to achieve the role of leadership in the profession by their on-going participation in advanced clinical expertise, evidence-based research and valued public education. It is with this intent that the 12 hour bi-annual requirement to maintain certification status was instituted.
All CACCP and DACCP graduates (past and future) are required to complete 12 hours of CE with the ICPA to advance their knowledge of family care. The cycle for completion will run on a 2 year cycle in even years, ending on December 31.
Current Graduates (2018 or earlier):
The current cycle is January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. If you do not complete your required ICPA CE prior to December 31, 2020, your CACCP/DACCP status will be removed from the directory until the hours are made up.
Here is a list of opportunities for you to fulfill your bi-annual 12 hour credits to maintain Certification or Diplomate status:
1- Refresh and Review: All ICPA classes, even refreshers, are considered eligible for credit. For our upcoming CE cycle, we highly recommend some of our more recent additions.
- Advanced Perinatal Practice - Dr. John Edwards
- Clinical Certainty Through Functional Assessment - Dr. Linda Slak
- Perinatal Health: Epigenetics and Parental Nutrition - Dr. Marcia Schaefer
- Assessing and Reducing Risk in the Chiropractic Family Practice - Dr. Anthony Carrino (new material as of 2019)
- Perinatal Care/Webster - Dr. Jeanne Ohm (if your last time taking this class was before 2018)
- Any course that has been added since you received your Certification
2- Connect and Collaborate: Attendance to our international Freedom for Family Wellness Summit fulfills annual requirements. The Summit is held every 4 years. (If you attended the Summit in March 2018, your requirements for the 2019-2020 cycle will be considered fulfilled.)
3- Support Research: Participation in a current ICPA Practice Based Research Network (PBRN) project.
Future Graduates (2019 or later):
If you are awarded certification/diplomate status during an odd year, you are considered fulfilled for the current cycle. Your next ICPA CE deadline will be December 31st of your third year Certified. For example, you become certified in 2019 (regardless of the month) you have nothing additional to complete during the 2019-2020 cycle and you will be expected to fulfill your requirements between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.
If you are awarded certification during an even year, you will be considered fulfilled for the current cycle. Your next renewal fulfillment will be the following even year December 31st. For example, you become certified in 2020 (regardless of the month) you have nothing additional to complete during the 2019-2020 cycle and you will be expected to fulfill your requirements between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.
From that point forward, your requirement will always be due by December 31st every even year.
