Continuing Education (CE) Hours

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ISM Continuing Education Documentation Request Process

There is no requirement to apply for or receive an ISM program number in order to claim credit for Continuing Education Hours (CEH). As an individual, a company, or an ISM affiliate, programs (with the exceptions of Safety and First Aid and Fork-lift Driving), that are related to business, your job, your product, computers or core business courses are eligible for CEH. However, please be aware that CEH credit will only be allowed for programs that are "educational" in content and are at least one hour in length. Networking sessions and vendor exhibits are considered informational and not educational. When calculating CEHs for participants or as an individual, do not include lunch or break times in the total number of hours being claimed. Further, please understand that ISM does not approve, endorse, certify, or sponsor programs by providing a program number.

If you need a form to document attendance, you may download and make a copy of a documentation form located at: http://www.ism.ws/Certification/CEHDocumentation.cfm.

Documentation should consist of the program name, number of actual seminar/classroom hours, appropriate signature, and date. Submit the form with your C.P.M. Recertification and Lifetime Recertification application or A.P.P. Reaccreditation and Lifetime Reaccreditation application.

Program sponsors may note in their literature that program participants can earn CEHs that may be applied toward ISM's C.P.M. recertification and/or A.P.P. reaccreditation program requirements. Please use the following wording including the note: Participants who successfully complete this program will receive (insert number) hours of continuing education. They may be applied toward ISM C.P.M. recertification and/or A.P.P. reaccreditation program requirements. Note: ISM does not endorse, certify or sponsor this program or its content.

If you have any questions, please contact the certification department at 1-800-888-6276 extension 3044 or by email to certification@ism.ws.

If you would still like a program number issued, please select one of the following options:

• By filling the form out online.
• By emailing the Certification Department at certification@ism.ws.
• By calling the Certification Department at 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276, extension 3044.

Also available is a sample Pre-/Post Dinner Meeting Programming Form. This form can be used by affiliates to document educational events for the affiliate programming year. The completed form can then be included with the ISM Continuing Education Documentation Request Form.

After review of the material submitted, ISM will let you know the number of hours the educational event is worth. You will receive:

• Information on how to reference the C.P.M. and/or A.P.P. programs in your literature,
• A standard Achievement Award form to copy and present to each attendee,
• A standard evaluation form for each attendee to complete, and
• Instructions on what information to return to ISM.