Attestation

Retain your ABPP certification

  • Attestation fees fund the activities and expenses required to run and maintain the ABPP organization that keep the ABPP certification relevant and valued.

Ethics

Differentiation from other providers

  • Especially in forensic or medical settings
  • “Street cred” in certain settings, e.g., hospitals, courts
  • Marketing your services

Access

  • Mobility for licensure
  • Specialty listservs provide easy access to leaders in the field and a practice community to rely on for best practices and relevant research.
  • Source of referrals from specialty listservs
  • Many Specialty Boards have associated Academies that provide education and advocacy.

Enhance your employment situation

  • Pay increases in some settings (e.g., DoD and VA)
  • Required by some employers (e.g., Mayo Clinic)

Service opportunities

  • Opportunity to serve on boards and committees, and to work on important initiatives in the field of psychology with like-minded colleagues

CEs

  • After obtaining your ABPP
  • After serving as an oral examiner for your Specialty Board’s oral exams
  • After serving as a practice sample reviewer for your Specialty Board
  • Free webinars from The Trust for Board Certified Psychologists

Note: If you are retired (i.e., no longer derive income from working as a psychologist) and need to change your status with ABPP, please change your status before submitting this form. We regret that we cannot issue partial refunds if this form is submitted before you change your status.

Please read the below Attestation and Maintenance of Certification Statements. By accepting below, you are attesting that the following statement and any attached information are true, complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief.

ABPP certification is an active credential that requires annual renewal, an associated attestation, and a fee (currently $210 per year for active, $260 for multi-boarded and $50 for retired). In order to remain active/retired and to use the ABPP credential, I also agree to pay all required annual fees assessed by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Inc.

Attestation Statement

I agree that I shall advise the BOT within thirty days of the occurrence of the following events: my psychology license in any jurisdiction is revoked, suspended, restricted, subject to material conditions, or voluntarily relinquished; or a governmental body, the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association or any affiliated state, provincial, or territorial association, determines that I have committed professional misconduct, or violated material rules of such body. This reporting obligation exists regardless of the pending outcome of any appeal or other proceedings related to the triggering event.

We want to advise you that if the matter you report is relatively minor, ABPP will simply note your cooperation in the reporting process. However, if that matter is major, it will be reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the American Board of Professional Psychology.

I actively maintain my practice of professional psychology in my specialty and hold valid statutory recognition in the jurisdiction(s) of my practice or

I no longer derive income from working as a psychologist (I may or may not retain a license). I am electing to maintain my ABPP Certification in Retired Status and

I have not received any professional misconduct or ethical violation judgments against me by the APA, CPA or any affiliated state, provincial or territorial psychological association which have not been previously disclosed to ABPP.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Statement

Board Certified Specialists who are certified on or after January 1, 2015 must successfully maintain their certificate every ten years.  Board Certified Specialists who are certified before January 1, 2015 are encouraged to maintain their certificate through demonstration of ongoing competent practice every 10 years, but may waive this obligation and maintain their certificate.

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