Recertification

It is the responsibility of the certificate holder to maintain and hone their skills continually. Nevertheless the validity of certificates is time-limited because resuscitation techniques improve and guidelines change. When a certificate expires, recertification is necessary to ensure that the quality of ERC providers and faculty is maintained.

Recertification of Providers

It is the responsibility of the holder of a certificate to maintain their skills continually. To support and assess this a provider is required to recertify, ideally at or before expiry of their certificate. A current Full Instructor on a specific course is deemed also to be a current provider for that type of course. Providers may recertify in one of two ways:

  • Re-attending a full Provider Course and completing the assessments successfully.
  • Successfully completing an ERC recertification programme within the recertification deadline of their certificate, in line with the recertification programme for that course type that is stated in the Course Rules appendix. (Not applicable to instructor courses, EPILS and NLS).

On successful recertification the participant will receive a new Provider Certificate.

Recertification of Instructors

  • An instructor must teach on a minimum of two courses appropriate to each of his or her full instructor disciplines (BLS/AED, ALS, NLS, etc.) every two years. Failure to do so will result in reversion to IC status for that discipline. To regain full instructor status the individual must complete one course successfully as an IC. When Instructors approach their certiificate expiry dates, provided their current email addresses are correctly noted in the CMS, they will be notified by an automatic email (6 months before expiry). A self-sufficient NRC or the chair of the ICC for that course type, can decide to extend the 2 year period to 3 years in case of an insufficient number of courses in that country, over a period of 2 years to allow compliance with this rule.
  • Each Full Instructor will be reassessed by a Course Director (on site), using the IC assessment tools, every six years. If they are registered in the faculty of a provider course between 4 and 6 years after their latest assessment, they are flagged for the CD and will be assessed on the faculty assessment screen. They must attend the entire course. Following a negative assessment, a second assessment by a different CD should take place within 1 year. If the second assessment is negative or not completed within the specified time, they will lose their Instructor status.
  • An IC status is valid for only two years, after which period a new instructor course (appropriate to the discipline(s) concerned) must be undertaken successfully to regain IC status. This period may be extended to three years upon individual application to the ERC Office.
  • For recertification purposes, directing or co-directing a course also counts as instructing on a course.


Recertification of Instructor-Trainers (IT)

  • ITs should keep their Instructor qualification up to date.
  • Each IT will be reassessed by a CD (on site), every six years. If they are registered on the faculty of an Instructor course between 4 and 6 years after their latest assessment, they are flagged for the CD and will be assessed on the faculty assessment screen. Following a negative assessment, a second assessment by a different CD should take place within 1 year. If the second assessment is negative or not completed within the specified time, they will lose their IT status and will be referred to the NRC, if self-sufficient for that course type, or otherwise to the appropriate ICC Chair.


Recertification of Course Directors

  • A CD must be a faculty member on a minimum of 2 courses every 2 years with at least one of these as CD, for each course type.
  • A CD qualified for several course types who maintains CD status for one course type will also remain CD for any other course types for which they are an Instructor.
  • A CD who maintains CD status for a course type also remains an Instructor for that course type.
  • Each CD will act as CDC and be reassessed by another Course Director (onsite), every six years. If they are registered in the faculty of a course, they are flagged for the CD and will be assessed on the faculty assessment screen. Following a negative assessment, a second assessment by a different CD should take place within 1 year. If the second assessment is negative or not completed within the specified time, the CD being assessed will lose their CD status and will be referred to the NRC, if self-sufficient for that type of course, or otherwise the appropriate ICC Chair.

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