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Certification Maintenance Requirements

PAY ANNUAL CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE FEE AND ATTEST TO COMPLIANCE WITH BOC STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Year 1 Due Dec. 31, 2024: Required
Year 2 Due Dec. 31, 2025: Required

UPLOAD CURRENT EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE (ECC) CARD/CERTIFICATE OR CONFIRM CURRENT ECC CERTIFICATION

Must have current card on file at all times, due dates below.

Year 1 Due Dec. 31, 2024: Required
Year 2 Due Dec. 31, 2025: Required

REPORT CONTINUING EDUCATION

Due Dec. 31, 2025

All CE programs described for each category must be intended for an audience of credentialed health care and/or wellness providers (i.e., ATs, PTs, RNs, PAs, PTAs, MDs, CPTs) and the content must be at least entry level and pertain to the domains identified in the “Practice Analysis, 8th Edition.”

There is no cost to use the BOC’s online CE reporting system. There is a $25 processing fee to submit CEUs using a paper CE reporting sheet.

More information about CE requirement is available in the Certification Maintenance Requirements documents.

Download 2022-2023 Certification Maintenance Requirements
Download 2024-2025 Certification Maintenance Requirements

Watch now to learn more about CE Categories A, B, C and D. 

Practice Analysis

The purpose of the BOC certification program is to establish that individuals have the knowledge and skills necessary to perform tasks critical for the safe and competent practice as an entry-level Athletic Trainer through the exam and continuing competence requirements. The BOC Practice Analysis identifies essential knowledge and skills for the athletic training profession and serves as a blueprint for exam development and continuing competence programming.

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By purchasing a document from the BOC Store, you indicate your understanding of the product being purchased. The PA is an electronic file that will be available for download immediately upon completion of online payment. Purchasers must download and save the file using the link provided on the order completion page, as the document will not be sent via email or mail.

Practice Analysis, 8th Edition (PA8)
Full Version: $18.95 (non-refundable)
Purchase PA8

BOC Exam: PA8 is effective for BOC exams beginning March/April 2023.

Certification Maintenance: PA8 is effective for continuing education beginning January 1, 2024.

Free PA8 Documents:
The accompanying PA8 documents are available for download at no cost:

Download Content Outline for PA8
Download Comparison of PA8 to PA7
Download How to Use PA8
Download Crosswalk Comparing PA8 and CAATE 2020 Standards

State Regulation

Currently, 49 states and the District of Columbia regulate the practice of athletic training. Individuals must be legally recognized by the appropriate state regulatory agency prior to practicing athletic training. The BOC exam is recognized by all Athletic Trainer state regulatory agencies to meet their exam requirement. Compliance with state regulatory requirements is mandatory and the only avenue to legal athletic training practice.

 

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Certification Verification

Official Verification

Official verification of current athletic training certification status can be ordered for state licensure or employment purposes. Requests are processed within two business days of receipt.

There is a $30 processing fee.

Please note that verification is sent directly to the state regulatory agency or the employer.

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Basic Online Verification

Anyone may request verification of an AT’s certification. If official verification is not needed, search the online registry.

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Status Definitions

The following status definitions are effective as of January 1, 2012 per the BOC Professional Practice and Discipline Guidelines and Procedures.

Certified

Certification is in good standing. Individuals may practice as authorized by the BOC.

Expired

Certification is voluntarily resigned for reasons unrelated to disciplinary proceedings. ATs with an Expired status may not represent themselves as Certified Athletic Trainers or use the ATC® certification mark.

Certification is forfeited due to non-compliance with BOC certification fee and/or continuing education requirements. Respondents with an Expired status may not represent themselves as Certified Athletic Trainers or use the ATC® certification mark.

Suspended

Certification is not in good standing as a result of the imposition of a disciplinary action of the BOC chief executive officer’s decision that there is cause to believe that a threat of immediate and irreparable injury to the health of the public exists. Respondents with a Suspended status may not represent themselves as a Certified Athletic Trainer or use the ATC® mark.

The Disciplinary Action Exchange (DAE) was developed to help the BOC, states and consumers locate disciplinary actions in an efficient manner.

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Resign Certification

BOC Certified Athletic Trainers (ATs) may resign certification by completing “AT299 – Retirement/Resignation Request” in their BOC profile. Resignation means the AT has retired or discontinued practice as an AT. The individual’s status will be listed as “Expired.” The appropriate state agencies and NATA will be notified when an AT resigns.

Please review the information below to see if resigning certification is the right choice for you.
  1. A BOC Certified AT who wishes to resign certification and have their status changed from Certified to Expired must notify the BOC by completing “AT299 – Retirement/Resignation Request” in their BOC profile.
  2. The status of Certified is defined “as certification in good standing; individuals may practice as authorized by the BOC
  3. “The status of Expired is defined “as certification voluntarily resigned for reasons unrelated to disciplinary proceedings”
  4. The state Athletic Trainer regulatory agency where you reside will be notified of the change in your certification status
  5. The NATA will be notified of the change in your certification status
  6. If you currently serve as a supervisor to students in an athletic training education program, please check with the program director to determine your supervisor/preceptor eligibility per CAATE requirements
  7. You will agree to discontinue:
    Presenting yourself to the public as a practicing BOC Certified Athletic Trainer
    Using the initials “ATC” after your name*
    Serving as an exam item writer for the BOC certification exam
    *The designation “AT Ret.” may be used to indicate that an individual was once a BOC Certified Athletic Trainer.
Submit Retirement/Resignation Request

Reinstate Certification

Option 1: Group A – If Expired for less than two CE reporting periods
  • Complete application and pay non-refundable application fee of $175
  • Provide documentation for the required number of Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • Provide proof of current certification in emergency cardiac care (ECC)

To begin the reinstatement process, log in and select your reinstatement path from your to do list and complete AT203: Reinstatement by CEU Application.

Option 2: Group A – If Expired for less than two CE reporting periods
  • Complete application and pay non-refundable application fee of $100
  • Successfully pass the BOC exam: $375
  • Provide proof of current certification in emergency cardiac care (ECC)

Please Note: Once you have selected Option 2 and have taken the BOC exam, Option 1 is no longer an option for reinstatement. If you select Option 2, you must pass the BOC exam to be reinstated.

To begin the reinstatement process, log in and select your reinstatement path from your to do list and complete AT303: Reinstatement by Exam Application.

Group B – If Expired for two or more CE reporting periods
  • Complete application and pay non-refundable application fee of $100
  • Successfully pass the BOC exam: $375
  • Provide proof of current certification in emergency cardiac care (ECC)

To begin the reinstatement process, log in and complete AT303: Reinstatement by Exam Application.

Note: Once your certification has been reinstated, you will also need to meet the current Certification Maintenance Requirements.

To verify your requirements and due date(s) log into your BOC profile.

Maintain Certification-Continuing Education

When an Athletic Trainer (AT) renews their national certification, it shows they value professional development, evidence based practice and are committed to the BOC mission of serving in public protection.

We are your partner in promoting excellence in practice throughout your career.

The BOC sets the national standards for certification and through our list of BOC Approved Providers, we offer tools to maintain your continuing education (CE). CE requirements are intended to promote continued competence, development of current knowledge and skills and enhancement of professional skills and judgment. They must focus on increasing knowledge, skills and abilities related to the practice of athletic training. CE programs must also be intended for credentialed health care providers and wellness professionals.

ATs must complete a predetermined number of continuing education units (CEUs) during the certification maintenance period. The current period ends December 31, 2025.

Certification Maintenance Requirements

Category A

Category A programs are available through BOC Approved Providers. If you’re interested in live events, think about attending workshops, seminars, conferences, webinars, or other events. If you prefer taking CE programs in the comfort of your own home or while on the road, there are home study programs available for your convenience.

Requirements
  • 10 CEUs is the minimum number required if you have 50 CEUs due
  • 5 CEUs is the minimum number required if you have 25 CEUs due
  • No maximum number of CEUs

Watch now to learn more about Category A. 

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES NUMBER OF CEUs
Synchronous or asynchronous and delivered in a variety of methods (i.e., webinars, podcasts, multi-media, conferences) As awarded by provider
Post-certification coursework from a CAATE accredited athletic training post professional program 10 CEUs per credit hour
Graduate of a post-professional degree (e.g., PhD, EdD, DSc, DAT) may qualify if the scholarly product (e.g. dissertation, research project) has a narrow focus of athletic training3 10 CEUs if 50 CEUs required
5 CEUs if 25 CEUs required
Program faculty/speaker or author of Category A program (speaking engagements can be counted once per topic) Primary1=10 CEUs per topic
Secondary2=5 CEUs use per topic
CAATE accredited athletic training residency/fellowship 25 CEUs per year
Accredited medical or health care provider residency/fellowship with a focus closely related to athletic training. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Medical residency for orthopedics, sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation
  • Physical therapy
25 CEUs per year
Author of a peer-reviewed journal article or textbook chapter(s) addressing patient-oriented clinical research or translational research. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Mechanisms of human disease
  • Therapeutic interventions
  • Clinical trials
  • Development of new technologies
  • Epidemiologic studies
  • Outcomes research
  • Health services research
  • Clinical epidemiology
  • Clinical prediction rules
  • Comparative effectiveness
  • Systematic reviews
  • Critically-appraised topics
Primary=15 CEUs per article/text
Secondary=10 CEUs per article/text
Competence Assessment Modules As awarded by BOC
Quality Improvement project 10 CEUs

1Primary faculty refers to the presenter who prepares the presentation.

2Secondary faculty refers to those who assist with conducting lectures, workshops or labs who must prepare based on the primary faculty’s instructions. A lead lab instructor would fall under secondary faculty.

3The college/university attended must be accredited by an agency recognized by the US Department of Education.

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Category B

Category B programs include professional and scholarly activities. If you participate in speaking engagements, this activity could be counted once per topic. If an abstract and/or poster is connected to a presentation, CE credit can only be obtained for one activity or the other. If you’d like to use articles, textbooks, abstracts, home study programs and multimedia for your CE requirements, remember they must be published during the reporting period to receive CE credit.

Requirements
  • 33 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 50 CEUs due
  • 17 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 25 CEUs due
  • No minimum number of CEUs required
  • The number of CEUs awarded have been defined by the BOC

Watch now to learn more about Category B. 

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES NUMBER OF CEUs
Program faculty/speaker at a conference/seminar that does not qualify for Category A Primary2=10 CEUs per topic
Secondary3=5 CEUs per topic
Panelist at a conference/seminar 5 CEUs per topic
Primary author of an article in a non-refereed journal4 5 CEUs per article
Author of an article in a refereed journal1,4 Primary=15 CEUs per article
Secondary=10 CEUs per article
Author of a published textbook1,4 Primary=33 CEUs per book
Secondary=20 CEUs per book
Contributing author of a published textbook1,4 10 CEUs per book
Author of a poster presentation – peer reviewed or refereed4 Primary=10 CEUs per presentation
Secondary=5 CEUs per presentation
Primary author of published multimedia material (CD ROM, audio or video)4 10 CEUs per publication
Participating member of a clinical research study team 10 CEUs per research project
Primary author of a home study program that does not qualify for Category A1 10 CEUs per home study course
Reviewer of a refereed publication 5 CEUs per publication (limit 10 CEUs per year)
Exam item writer5 5 CEUs per year of active item writing
Preceptor for a CAATE accredited athletic training program 5 CEUs per year (a minimum of 200 hours per calendar year)

1Does not qualify for Category A (does not address patient-oriented clinical research or translational research.)

2Primary faculty refers to the presenter of a conference/seminar who prepares the presentation.

3Secondary faculty refers to those who assist with conducting lectures, workshops or labs who must prepare based on the primary faculty’s instructions. A lead lab instructor falls under secondary faculty.

4The following explanations apply to publication activities:

  • Published: prepared for commercial distribution
  • Journal: a periodical containing scholarly articles and/or current information on research and development in a particular field
  • Refereed: the manuscript/document has been reviewed by an editor and one or more specialists prior to publication

5Includes BOC exam item writers and exam item writers for other health care professional exams.

 

Category C

In some cases, post certification college/university coursework can count for your CE requirements. College courses, including practicum courses (i.e. clinical and internship experiences) must be listed on an official transcript with assigned credit hours. A transcript will be requested if audited.

Teaching a college course is not acceptable for CE credit. Also, non-credit college courses are not acceptable for CE credit in Category C.

Requirements
  • 40 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 50 CEUs due
  • 20 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 25 CEUs due
  • No minimum number of CEUs required
  • CEUs are awarded for successful completion of college/university courses if the content of the course falls within the domains identified in the “Practice Analysis, 8th Edition”
  • The college/university attended must be accredited by an agency recognized by the US Department of Education

Watch now to learn more about Category C. 

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Category D

Category D programs are reserved for a professional program that is sponsored by groups other than BOC Approved Providers. You can include activities that are offered by non-BOC Approved Providers. You can also view webinars, conferences, seminars, podcasts, multi-media, grand rounds, journal clubs, employee in-services (excludes orientation), and lunch and learns identified within the “Practice Analysis, 8th Edition“.

Requirements
  • 28 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 50 CEUs due
  • 14 CEUs is the maximum number you can use if you have 25 CEUs due
  • No minimum number of CEUs required

Watch now to learn more about Category D. 

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES NUMBER OF CEUs
Learning activities provided by non-BOC Approved Providers

  • Synchronous or asynchronous and delivered in a variety of methods (i.e., webinars, conferences, seminars, podcasts, multi-media, grand rounds, journal clubs, employee in-services (excludes orientation), lunch and learns
1 CEU per contact hour
Certification Maintenance Requirements

Continuing Competence

According to NCCA, continuing competence is defined as  “demonstrating specified levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities throughout an individual’s professional career. Related to recertification, maintaining competence, and continuing education.” In line with this definition, the BOC CE requirements are intended to promote continued competence, development of current knowledge and skills and enhancement of professional skills and judgment not only at the time of certification but throughout their career. The BOC supports the ongoing professional development and maintenance of BOC certification by:

  • Requiring reasonable and appropriate continuing education activities.
  • Encouraging the ongoing professional development of ATs.
  • Providing a standardized, objective and straightforward process for attaining and recording CE programs.

As a part of continuing competence, the BOC requires ATs to complete a predetermined number of continuing education units (CEUs) within a given time period. CE programs must be intended for credentialed health care providers and wellness professionals.

As information continually changes, it is important for professionals to learn the latest about athletic training. CE requirements are meant to ensure that ATs continue to:

  • Stay on the cutting edge in the field of athletic training.
  • Obtain current professional development information.
  • Explore new knowledge in specific content areas.
  • Master new athletic training-related skills and techniques.
  • Expand approaches to effective athletic training.
  • Further develop professional judgment.
  • Conduct professional practice in an ethical and appropriate manner.

Continuing Education – CE Opportunities

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Competence Assessment Modules (CAMs)

Increase clinical expertise through professional article review and assessment.

Topic: Cultural Literacy

Competence Assessment Modules (CAMs) provide meaningful learning in evolving areas of athletic training practice. Participating in the CAMs offers the ideal way for Athletic Trainers to identify areas of need for self-actualized learning. CAMs are also expected to increase the current foundation of knowledge, enhance clinical practice and improve patient care.
Cost: 3.5 Category A CEUs for $35

Topic: Mental Health

Competence Assessment Modules (CAMs) provide meaningful learning in evolving areas of athletic training practice. Participating in the CAMs offers the ideal way for Athletic Trainers to identify areas of need for self-actualized learning. CAMs are also expected to increase the current foundation of knowledge, enhance clinical practice and improve patient care.

  • The CAMs – Mental Health includes three modules:
    Identify Emergency Versus Non-Emergency Mental Health Issues
  • Emergency Action Plan
  • Psychological Adjustment to Injury (Essential Psychosocial Skills for the AT)

Cost: 7.5 Category A CEUs for $50

Quality Improvement (QI)

Complete a QI project to enhance your patient-centered care and outcomes. QI provides the framework to continuously and systematically evaluate Athletic Trainer’s healthcare delivery to improve their practice and quality of service for patients. These four-week projects provide a hands-on opportunity to apply a solution within your practice setting to a targeted quality problem. These projects involve short pre and post assessment items to help measure improvement. QIs address real problems in the workplace where the participant attempts to create real solutions that ultimately improves practice and patient outcomes.

Topic: Facility Principles

This quality improvement project focuses on facility principles, an important part of administration of any athletic training facility. Local, state and federal entities issue regulations and standards – which often overlap – to ensure the quality of facilities where health care services are delivered. You may not be aware of all regulations and best practices, which could open you up to increased exposure to liability. In this project, you will assess using the “BOC Facility Principles” to assemble baseline data of adherence to requirements. This evaluation will be followed by implementation of actions to address gaps in facility requirements. Finally, you will reflect and analyze the impact of your intervention.

Overview of FP Project

Project Time: 4 weeks, upon completion of this QI project 10 Category A CEUs will be issued.

Instructions:
  1. Track time spent preparing, implementing and reflecting on the project as you will be asked to report this time at the end
  2. Complete the worksheet below by following each week’s instructions and entering information as requested
  3. Identify and assemble personnel involved in your project
  4. Collect baseline data on an athletic training facility’s compliance with applicable regulations and best practices
  5. Define a goal, implement an improvement action
  6. Measure changes post-improvement action and reflect and summarize the impact of the intervention

Cost: 10 Category A CEUs for $30

Topic: Hand Hygiene

This quality improvement project focuses on hand hygiene, an important practice to reduce the spread of infection. Proper hand hygiene by health care providers will lead to decreased infections in patients. This four-week project includes implementation of a one question patient survey to gather baseline data. This step will be followed by implementation of an improvement process to increase the level of hand hygiene compliance in your setting. At the conclusion of the project, a final survey will measure change in improvement.

Overview of HH Project

Project Time: 4 weeks, upon completion of this QI project 10 Category A CEUs will be issued.

Instructions:
  • Track time spent preparing, implementing and reflecting on the project as you will be asked to report this time at the end
  • Complete the worksheet below by following each week’s instructions and entering information as requested
  • Identify and assemble personnel involved in your project
  • Collect baseline data on an athletic training facility’s compliance with applicable regulations and best practices
  • Define a goal, implement an intervention/improvement strategy
  • Measure changes post-intervention and reflect and summarize the impact of the intervention

Cost: 10 Category A CEUs for $30

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Maintain Certification-Emergency Cardiac Care

According to the mission of the American Heart Association, Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) programs are intended to reduce disability and death from acute circulatory and respiratory emergencies, including stroke, by improving the chain of survival in every community and in every health care system.

Athletic Trainers (ATs) must be able to demonstrate ongoing certification in ECC throughout the reporting period. Although continuing education units (CEUs) are not awarded for ECC certification, ATs need to be current with the ECC requirements throughout the reporting period. Full details of this category are located in the “Certification Maintenance Requirements.”

Requirements:
  • Documentation must be kept for two years after the reporting period has ended
  • The only acceptable documents are original certification cards, original certificates of completion or photocopies (front and back) of certification cards or certificates of completion
  • Online ECC courses are acceptable if skills are demonstrated and tested by a certified ECC instructor, a voice assisted manikin (VAM) or a visual assisted manikin. The in-person exam can include video technology.
  • The instructor and card holder must sign cards or certificates of completion if a QR code is not provided
  • Letters provided by instructors are not acceptable
ECC Must Include:
  • Adult CPR
  • Pediatric CPR
  • Second rescuer CPR
  • AED
  • Airway obstruction
  • Barrier devices (e.g., pocket mask, bag valve mask)
  • Demonstrated skills

*Online ECC courses are acceptable if skills are demonstrated and tested by a certified ECC instructor, a voice assisted manikin (VAM) or a visual assisted manikin. The in-person exam can include video technology.

Online ECC Courses

Online ECC courses are acceptable if skills are demonstrated and tested by a certified ECC instructor, a voice assisted manikin (VAM) or a visual assisted manikin.

The in-person test can include video technology. Examples of acceptable blended programs include:

AHA HeartCode® – students must attend a structured hands-on session with an AHA Instructor
ProTrainings LLC’s ProCPR – students must select the blended/hands-on option that requires a live instructor-led video conference

ACLS Certification Institute’s Advanced Cardiac Life Support is an example of an online ECC course that does NOT meet this requirement because it does not require skills to be demonstrated and tested.

ECC Providers

Acceptable ECC providers are those adhering to the most current “International Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care.” Please check with your ECC provider to confirm that the course includes all components.

Below is listed the current providers and courses offered.

American Heart Association: Resuscitation Quality Improvement Program (RQI), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider, Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider, Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor

American Red Cross: CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer (CPRP), Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers, Advanced Life Support (ALS)

American Safety and Health Institute: Basic Life Support (BLS)

Emergency Care and Safety Institute: Health Care Provider CPR

National Safety Council: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care and Professional Rescuers

Canadian Red Cross: First Responder CPR/AED HCP Level
Basic Life Support

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC): Cardiac First Responder – Community Level, Cardiac First Responder – Advanced Level

Pro Training (with skills test): Healthcare Provider CPR/AED, Healthcare Provider (BLS) Adult, Child and Infant CPR/AED

American Health Care Academy (with skills test): Healthcare Provider CPR/BLS + Hands On Skills Evaluation

American CPR Care Association (with skills test): Healthcare Provider CPR/AED (BLS) + Hands On Skills Evaluation

Japan Athletic Trainers’ Organization: MFA CPR/AED

Heart & Stroke: Basic Life Support Provider

Japan Red Cross: Basic Life Supporter

Australia Wide First Aid: Basic Emergency Life Support and First Aid

Spain SEMICYUC: Basic Life Support and Automatic External Defibrillation

Australian Red Cross

155 Pelham Street
3053 Carlton VIC
Phone: (61) (3) 93451800
Fax: (61) (3) 93482513
Email: natinfo@redcross.org.au
Web: http://www.redcross.org.au/

Canadian Red Cross

170 Metcalfe Street
Suite 300
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2P2
Phone: (1) (613) 7401900
Fax: (1) (613) 7401911
Email: cancross@redcross.ca
Web: http://www.redcross.ca/

German Red Cross

Generalsekretariat
Carstennstrasse 58
D – 12205 Berlin
Phone: (49) (30) 85404-0
Fax: (49) (30) 85404470
Email: drk@drk.de
Web: http://www.drk.de/

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) – Ireland

Abbey Moat House
Abbey Street
Naas, Co Kildare, W91 NN9V
Ireland
Phone: (045) 882070
Email: info@phecc.ie
Web: http://www.phecc.ie

Japanese Red Cross

1-3 Shiba Daimon
1-Chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8521
Phone: (81) (3) 34377087
Fax: (81) (3) 34358509
Email: kokusai@jrc.or.jp
Web: http://www.jrc.or.jp

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ECC Instructor Cards

The BOC accepts the American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider Instructor or American Heart Association BLS Instructor card. All other instructor cards are unacceptable unless the provider can confirm, in writing, that their instructors are required to maintain and successfully demonstrate provider skills to renew their instructor status.

Maintain Certification-Certification Maintenance Fee

Every Athletic Trainer (AT) is required to pay an annual BOC certification maintenance fee. The annual certification maintenance fee supports the administrative, disciplinary, regulatory and professional development activities required of the BOC to retain NCCA accreditation and assure protection of the public. NCCA accreditation highlights the essential elements of a high-quality program and is necessary for continued recognition of ATs by employers and state regulators that identify the BOC exam and CE requirements in their state statutes, rules and regulations.

Requirements:
  • The BOC will waive the certification maintenance fee for ATs who are certified in the same year the fee is assessed
  • The fee is non-refundable
  • To receive the NATA membership discount on your BOC certification maintenance fee, your NATA membership must be current and your member number must be entered in your BOC profile at the time of payment to receive the discounted fee.
  • ATs who are not NATA members, will receive notice at the beginning each year to pay the $65 certification maintenance fee by the end of that year.

FEE DEADLINES

NATA MEMBER

Fee: $50
Deadline Penalty If Not Paid By Deadline
2024 – Dec. 31, 2024 Remain certified and must pay $50 fee plus a $20 late fee by Dec. 31, 2025.
2025 – Dec. 31, 2025 Certification expires and must pay $50 fee plus a $20 late fee by Feb. 28, 2026.

NON-NATA MEMBER

Fee: $65
Deadline Penalty If Not Paid By Deadline
2024 – Dec. 31, 2024 Remain certified and must pay $65 fee plus a $20 late fee by Dec. 31, 2025.
2025 – Dec. 31, 2025 Certification expires and must pay $65 fee plus a $20 late fee by Feb. 28, 2026.

Maintain Certification-Standards of Professional Practice

Athletic Trainers are required to comply with the “BOC Standards of Professional Practice,” which consists of Practice Standards and the Code of Professional Responsibility.

Download BOC Standards of Professional Practice-Effective January 2022
Download BOC Standards of Professional Practice-Effective January 2024

Apply Standards

Liability Insurance – Code 6.3 of the Code of Professional Responsibility in the “BOC Standards of Professional Practice” states that an Athletic Trainer (AT): ‘Maintains adequate and customary professional liability insurance.”

ATs have the option of seeking liability insurance coverage through your own insurance provider. Otherwise, if you are a member of NATA, you can take advantage of their sponsored insurance plans. Learn more about NATA liability insurance coverage and managing your liability as a health care provider with the below resources.

Access NATA Liability Toolkit
Access NATA Professional Liability Insurance
Access NATA Preferred Providers
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