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Recertification: An Opportunity to Expand Your Skills!

As an NASM-CPT, you are required to recertify every two years by earning 1.9 CEUs (continuing education units) and maintaining your current CPR/AED certification (0.1 CEUs). CEUs ensure you're current with best-practice guidelines, plus they are an oppurtunity to expand your knowledge and skills. Choose from a variety of course topics, including but not limited to:

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IMPORTANT COVID-19 NOTICE

NASM recognizes that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is very limited availability of hands on skills assessments for CPR/AED certifications. NASM will be temporarily waiving the hands on skills assessment requirement and accepting online only CPR/AED courses. For your convenience, we offer an option to get your CPR/AED certification online with NASM. This waiver applies to exam candidates and professionals recertifying their credentials.

This waiver will be in effect until the CDC and government recommendations for social distancing have been lifted in the United States. Once all social distancing orders have been lifted, there will be a 60 day window before the hands on requirement will be reinstated.

NASM recommends that anyone who certified or recertified during the Waiver Period obtain the hands-on skills assessment once available to avoid any insurance or liability issues which could arise due to the lack of such training.

Please note: The online course must still include Adult CPR and AED

How To Recertify

Step 1: Complete Your CEUs & CPR/AED Certification

NASM-CPTs are required to earn 2.0 Continuing Education Units (20 contact hours) every two years in order to recertify. This includes 0.1 CEUs from the mandatory CPR/AED certification. CEUs are based upon contact hours - one contact hour is equivalent to 0.1 CEUs. You can earn up to 1.9 CEUs from NASM's Continuing Education courses.

We also accept CEUs from NASM's Preferred Providers. Courses that are not preapproved with NASM require a petition, which can be completed in the recertification section in your NASM Student Portal.

PDF Download: CPT Recertification Guidelines

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Step 2: Upload Documentation to the Recertification Portal

Log into your NASM account and click on the link to the NASM-CPT Recertification Portal. Click on My CEUs under the Continuing Ed. section in the left menu column.

Enter your CEUs by choosing Provider/Petition CEUs or Add Other CEUs. Include documentation of continuing education courses completed (e.g., certificates of completion), as well as a copy of the front and back of your adult CPR/AED certification. If you have taken any NASM developed courses, they will automatically be listed in Category A. Please note: It can take up to 2 hours for an NASM course to show in the portal after completion.

Watch Video: Recertification Portal How-To
PDF Download: Recertification Portal User Guide

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Step 3: Pay Your Recertification Fee

Click on Renewal under the Certifications section in left menu column. Check the box next to your CPT expiration date and click on Renew or Certify for Life (for purchase). If you have already purchased Certify for Life, you will simply click the Renew button.

You will be directed to the NASM checkout cart to pay your recertification fee(s). Please note: Random users will be chosen for audit. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address on file once your application has been processed.

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FAQs

The NASM-CPT certification must be recertified every two (2) years in order to support our commitment to protect health and safety. This ensures that NASM-CPTs are up-to-date with the most current guidelines, best prices, and skills.

CEU is an acronym for Continuing Education Unit. CEUs are intended to continue to develop knowledge and skills, as well as enhance professional skills beyond the levels required for entry-level practice.

CEUs are based upon contact hours. Contact hours are defined by the number of clock hours spent in direct participation in a structured educational format. One (1) contact hour is equivalent to point-one (0.1) CEU.

The NASM-CPT credential will expire if all recertification requirements have not been met by the certification expiration date. Recertification applications will be accepted up to one year from the certification expiration date if all continuing education courses have been completed before or within 90 days of the certification expiration date. A late fee is charged for applications received up to 90 days post expiration. After the 90 days, an additional fee is applied and the recertification application must be received before one year after credential expiration.

You can find NASM's Continuing Education courses by clicking here. To locate NASM-approved CEUs, visit our Course Providers page by clicking here.

Continuing education courses not preapproved with NASM can be reviewed by petition only. A $25 nonrefundable administrative fee is required for each course/event petitioned. You may petition a course in the recertification section in your NASM Student Portal.

There will be a random audit performed on all recertification applications submitted. If your application is chosen for audit, you will have 30 days to submit all supporting documentation to the NASM Recertification Department.

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