Does the Model Bill remove the BACB from managing CE providers for Licensed ABA?
• This was a recommendation of the Practice Board for several reasons; including the fact that many Licensed ABAs may choose not to continue to pay dues to the BACB once they are licensed. • In addition to the administration of certification examinations, the BACB currently approves the providers for and monitors the accrual of continuing education credits by its members. Unlike the field of Psychology (and many other professions), certificants who have passed the BACB examination process are required to maintain their association with the BACB by paying an annual fee and submitting statements that they have attained sufficient continuing credits to maintain their certification. The BACB currently requires of all certificants a “renewal” of their status during the first and second years of their certification and a “recertification” at the end of the third year. This is a unique relationship between the “certificants” and the BACB, in that they are not actually “members” of the BACB, w
