Primary Care CPNP Recertification

The CPNP-PC® Annual Recertification Program

2008 Recertification enrollment is now closed. If you have questions about your Recertification status, please contact recert@pncb.org.

To maintain your status as a Primary Care CPNP®, you will need to participate in the PNCB's Recertification Program between October 1 and December 1 of each year. Recertification ensures that you're staying current in your field.

It's an annual event. Annual Recertification enrollment is required and begins approximately 1 year from initial certification. Check your wallet card for the year your certification expires. You will need to enroll in Recertification between October 1 and December 1 of the year prior to this expiration date.

Tracking your activities. Annual Recertification activities are managed in 7-year cycles. This helps us make sure certain required tasks are being completed to keep your knowledge up to date. Forget where you are in the cycle? Log-in and view your Recert History at any time during the year.

Newly certified? Your certification expires February 28 of each year... unless you're newly certified. Here's how this works: If you passed the Primary Care Exam in 2007, your wallet card shows a certification expiration date of February 28, 2009. So you'll recertify between October 1 and December 1 of 2008. After that, you'll recertify every year during that time.

Keep the date. Regardless of what month you passed the CPNP-PC® Exam, Recertification enrollment always takes place between October 1 and December 1.

And keep us up to date! We send a postcard and email reminders, so always make sure your contact information is up to date. Without your current mailing address, email, phone numbers, etc., we can't stay in touch.

Online is the way to go. Online Recertification is preferred - it saves you money and helps us process your Recert faster. Forms are also available for downloading at left.

Plus we send Verification to your state board. After you recertify, a letter verifying your certification status is automatically sent to the state board associated with your RN license. There is no charge for this service.

During Recertification, you'll choose and record participation in one Recert activity option either online or on the paper CPNP-PC® Recertification Form at left. Visit the Primary Care Recert Options page for more information.

Visit our Recertification Fees page for current pricing information.

The deadline for 2008 Recertification Enrollment, without a late fee, is December 1, 2007.