Big Changes Announced by the NAAPCC Activity Director Credentialing Center

The Credentialing Center is excited to announce that we have now been in 
business for 8 years! Over that time, trends and expectations in the 
field have evolved. The Board met in March to look at how The Center 
could keep up with trends and continue to set and follow high ethical 
certification standards. NAAPCC continues to follow the standards of the 
National Commission for Certifying Agencies, including those related to 
conflicts of interest. No one on this Board or anyone associated with 
the Board benefits financially from any certification criteria. NAAPCC 
is happy to announce that beginning immediately, several changes will 
occur:

1. NAAPCC will be offering three certifications. You will be able to 
find the PATHs to reach these certifications on our website by April 15 
2019 or you can request an emailed copy from the office.

Activity Professional -Board Certified: AP-BC
Advanced Activity Professional -Board Certified: AAP-BC
Activity Consultant/Educator- Board Certified: AC-BC

As of now, all current AP-BC’s will be grandfathered to AAP-BC per 
industry grandfathering standards. All new applicants will follow the 
new criteria. Certificates will automatically be mailed for those 
grandfathered to
AAP-BC. This will take some time so thank you for being patient. You 
will continue to meet F Tag 680 with your
AP-BC.

All certifications meet F tags 658 and 680 and are national 
certifications.

2. NAAPCC has made some additions to the Standards required, which you 
will also find on the website by April 15, 2019.

3. NAAPCC has added a PATH under the AP-BC that will accept any 
*recognized basic or advanced activity course that equals 36 hours, 
toward AP-BC .

4. All CE credits from any *recognized basic or advanced activity course 
can now be used toward required CE credits (note that 12 required CE 
credits must be from live, face to face education for all PATHs).

5. The face to face, live education hours requirement for all renewals 
and applications will now be a minimum of 12.

* No specific course is required per NCCA standards, but recognized 
courses, including state courses already recognized by CMS, will be 
accepted toward NAAPCC certification under PATH 2 for AP-BC. The 
definition of a recognized course will be in the standards and on the 
website by April 15, 2019.

Please contact the office at naapcc.office@gmail.com with any questions 
or call (303) 317-5682

The NAAPCC is proud to continue to be the Board Certification choice of 
Activity Professionals across the country.