How can a person become a board certified toxicologist?
There are a couple of different board certification routes in clinical/medical toxicology. For physicians with a background in toxicology, an exam is given by the subspecialty boards of American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), or the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). Criteria to sit for the examination vary among these groups. The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) is a professional, nonprofit association of physicians with recognized expertise in medical toxicology. The College is dedicated to advancing the science and practice of medical toxicology through a variety of activities. For non-physicians, a board-certification examination in clinical toxicology is administered by the American Board of Applied Toxicology (ABAT) under their parent organization the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT). To credential for this examination you must be a graduate of a college or university with an earned doctoral degree in
