What authority or credibility will the National Certification Program have?
A, There is no legal requirement for any organization to adopt any specific tests or certification program and as such there is no agency to enforce any legal requirement. In theory, various states and individual organizations can adopt any process as they see fit. The only body that has authority to accredit certification programs is the National Organization for Competency Assurance, NOCA. The National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) was created in 1987 by NOCA to help ensure the health, welfare, and safety of the public through the accreditation of a variety of certification programs/organizations that assess professional competence. Certification programs that receive NCCA Accreditation demonstrate compliance with the NCCA’s Standards for the Accreditation of Certification Programs, which were the first standards for professional certification programs developed by the industry.
