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DURATION OF CERTIFICATE VALIDITY
Certificates have a limited valid duration for a maximum of six years, after which they are no longer valid.
Each diplomate must undergo a Board-approved method of maintenance of certification in order to receive a new certificate.
MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION
Maintenance of certification is achieved by a certificate renewal process.
Diplomates certified prior to 1986 may sit for voluntary recertification.
Beginning in 1986, 10-year time-limited certificates were issued by the Board, and commencing in 2001, such certificates will be limited to six years.
Certificate renewal or voluntary recertification may be achieved in one of three different ways. These methods are:
1. a cognitive three hour and forty-five minute written examination; or
2. Annual Board Certification (ABC), a continuous certificate renewal, achieved by reviews of assigned scientific and/or clinical publications; or
3. a one and one-half hour oral examination.
More specific information about these methods of certificate renewal/ voluntary recertification can be obtained by writing Ms. Marsha Markham, Maintenance of Certifiation Administrator, at the address lited on the inside front cover of this Bulletin, or downloading the Bulletin.
The application fees for the written or the oral maintenance of certification examination are due with the application.
The application and examination fees for the written and oral examination are $920.00 and $865.00, respectively. The appropriate fees are due prior to the administration of either the written or the oral examination.
The fees for the Annual Board Certification (ABC), a form of continuous certification, will be $235.00 per year for general obstetrics and gynecology and $295.00 per year for subspecialists (includes general and subspecialty items).
A new application form and application fee are required for each cycle of the written, ABC or oral examination.
APPLICATION FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.
PLEASE NOTE:
Beginning January 1, 2008, recertification will be replaced by Maintenance of Certification (MOC). The MOC process will consist of four components. These are:
I. Professionalism
II. Life-Time Learning
III. Cognitive Expertise
IV. Evaluation of Practice or The Road to Maintaining Excellence
The details of this program can be found in the MOC Bulletin on this web site or by writing to the Board office for a copy.
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