Registration of CME credit (CME Submission) is an ongoing part of the certification process; Any practitioner may have their CME submissions audited by the NCCAA at any time; Should an audit occur, compliance with the audit process is mandatory for continued certification; It is recommended that practitioners keep original records of CME credit earned in the event of an audit;

To maintain certification, an anesthesiologist assistant must keep registration CME submissions current and up to date; If the practitioner has not registered 50 hours of CME credit, along with the required CME registration fee paid in full, by the deadline of June 1st, in the given year registration is due, then that practitioner will no longer be listed as certified and shall be considered certification expired by the NCCAA;

The practitioner will have until August 31st of the CME registration year to register 50 hours of eligible CME credit and pay in full the CME registration fee as well as the administrative late fee to reactivate and maintain certification; If proper payment and registration of CMEs is not completed by August 31st of a CME registration year, the practitioner is officially decertified and can only re-establish certification by reapplying for certification.