The NCCAA complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is committed to providing appropriate accommodations for exam candidates with documented physical or mental impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities.

The NCCAA may also approve and provide accommodations for exam candidates with documented medical conditions that may be temporary or are not covered by the ADA. The NCCAA has established a process to consider requests from applicants that a Certification Examination be administered to them under nonstandard conditions because of medical, religious, or other reasons. The steps include:

1. Initiate the request by contacting NCCAA at contact@nccaa.org;

2. Provide clear, legible copies of all supporting documentation for your request, including documentation of prior exam accommodations.

Supporting Documentation Requirements:

Appropriate supporting documentation of a disability or qualifying temporary medical condition from a qualified medical professional must be submitted to NCCAA.

A qualified medical professional is defined as an individual with the education, training, and expertise to diagnose the reported disability. The relationship of the attesting professional to the individual must be that of a treating medical professional to a patient. There must be no familial, intimate, supervisory, or other close relationship between the qualified professional and the individual requesting the accommodation.

Further, the documentation must:

a. Be on letterhead, signed, dated, and include the name, title, and professional licensing credentials of the qualified medical professional providing the report;

b. Contain contact information including address, telephone number and e-mail address of each professional providing documentation;

c. Include the date of assessment upon which each professional's report is based and any relevant follow up dates;

d. Include a detailed description of the medical, psychological, educational, and/or cognitive functioning tests that were conducted, the results of those tests, and a comprehensive interpretation of the results;

e. Provide the name of the specific disability or medical condition and a description of the specific impact on daily life activities and day-to-day functional limitations to major life activities. This includes a history of the impact of the disability on academic functioning if the disability is due to a learning disability or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder;

f. Indicate the specific examination accommodations that are recommended and how each will compensate for those limitations and reduce the impact of the identified limitations;

3. After the NCCAA has received and reviewed the documentation, the applicant must comply with any additional requests for documentation of support, including prior exam accommodations utilized by the applicant. If accommodation is approved, the NCCAA will provide the details of the accommodation;

4. The NCCAA will notify the exam vendor of the accommodation and work with the applicant to complete the application and scheduling process.

The NCCAA must receive written notification of the requested special accommodations for examination administration and the rationale at the time of application. The NCCAA reserves the right to request further information from the applicant's physician, Program Director, or other persons concerning the reason and requirements for nonstandard conditions for examination administration.

The decision to accommodate a request that is not covered by the ADA remains at the sole discretion of the NCCAA.