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Lost Certification?

We're glad that you are interested in regaining or reinstating your certification!

If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to have your certification reinstated. If you do not meet the requirements for reinstatement, you can regain certification by passing an exam. Both options are described below.

Reinstatement:
You may qualify for reinstatement if the reason your certification lapsed was because you did not log all CME hours or submit all payments. This option does not apply to PAs who did not finish earning the required CME hours before Dec. 31 of the certification expiration year or did not pass a recertification exam by the end of their six-year cycle.

The reinstatement fee is $250 minus any certification maintenance fees that were already paid by Dec. 31 of the certification expiration year. All outstanding CME hours and payments have to be submitted within six months after certification lapses.

Regaining:
To be eligible to attempt to regain certification via PANRE or Pathway II, you must log 300 hours of CME earned during the six-year period ending on the day you submit your application and payment. Also, 100 of those hours have to be earned during the last two years leading up to the submission of the application and payment.

At least 150 of the total required CME hours must be Category I with 50 of them being earned within the last two years from the submission of the application and payment. Physician Assistants with an expired certification cannot log CME online and will be required to submit any additional required CME to NCCPA on a CME Logging for Regaining Form.

**If you plan to take Pathway II, you must also fulfill the 100-point elective component requirement in addition to the 300-hour CME requirement.

No CME hours are required to take the PANCE exam to attempt to regain certification; just submit the application and payment.

You can apply and pay for all three exams online at your personal identification record.