Can recertification credit hours (RCHs) be accumulated by facilitating or participating in the same payroll topic/course more than once during a calendar year?
Yes and No. RCHs are generally accumulated once for each qualifying topic more… Yes and No. RCHs are generally accumulated once for each qualifying topic facilitated or participated in within the calendar year. However, there is an exception to the calendar year restriction for those facilitating or participating in a study group in preparation for the payroll certification exams. The certification exams are offered in the Spring and Fall each calendar year. The Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 exams both test on federal laws and regulations effective January 1, 2007. Therefore, if facilitating or participating in a study group for the Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 exams, RCHs accumulate only once per topic facilitated/participated in. On the other hand, if an individual facilitates/participates in a topic in preparation for the Spring 2006 and Fall 2006 exams, RCHs accumulate for each topic facilitated/participated in even if the topic is duplicated. This is due to the fact that two different
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