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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)/Meridian Energy Tapping Practitioner Certification

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Criteria for Recertification eft

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Recertification by Continuing Education Hours

Certified members may elect this option for recertification. An application for recertification by continuing education hours must be completed. Information required on the application must be completed in full. The fee for recertification by continuing education hours is $ 200.00. Recertification is for a 4 year period.

Criteria for Recertification by Continuing Education Hours

  1. Candidates must have acquired evidence of 50 contact hours (1 contact hour = 50 minutes of study/lecture/learning activity. Contact hours must have been acquired within the four year period of active certification by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. 50% of the 50 required contact hours must be in the specialty practice area as provided in # 2 below. The other 50% may be in any health related area.
  2. Continuing Education contact hours must be acquired accordingly: hours must be related to EFT/Meridian Tapping, Energy Healing, Energy Psychology, Meditation and/or Psychology, Human Behavior,Relaxation, and other closely related areas of study.
  3. Candidates must have practiced EFT/Meridian Energy Tapping or Energy Healing Modalities and/or a form of Energy Psychology for at least 500 hours of practice within the four year period of active certification.
  4. For recertification candidates who do not meet the hours of practice requirement, you may still recertify in your specialty if you submit evidence of double the hours of continuing education contact hours required in the four year period since your last certification or recertification date.  So, you would need to submit evidence of at least 100 contact hours of continuing education with 50% of those contact hours being related to your practice specialty.

  5. Applicants must complete the CE course log that accompanies the recertification application.
  6. The AIHCP has approved the following types of programs/offerings for recertification by continuing education hours:
    • Seminars
    • Workshops
    • Continuing Education Courses
    • College Courses, on campus, online, distance education
    • Independent Study Courses
    • Publication in a peer reviewed journal
    • Presenter/Lecturer of a workshop, seminar or continuing education course
    • Instructor for a college level course
    • Submission of an approved thesis/dissertation related to Meditation or a related subject
    • Serving on a hospital or organizational committee related to Meditation or a related subject

Notes

One college semester hour credit = 15 contact hours of continuing education

One published article in a peer reviewed journal is equal to 25 contact hours of continuing education

Continuing Education credits for presenters/lectures/college faculty will be awarded for the actual number of hours of their presentation or college semester hour course. Credit is given one time, no matter how many times the applicant has conducted the lecture/presentation/course.

Continuing Education hours do not include: first aid, CPR, Advanced Life Support, hospital orientation, job orientation, product training's or non education meetings.

Thesis/dissertations must be from an established college/university. The topic must be directly related to your practice certification specialty or a related subject. The thesis/dissertation must have been approved by the academic institution's faculty/committee and must have been written sometime within the four year period that the candidate was certified by the AIHCP.

Candidates who are applying for hours for committee work related to their practice specialty or a related subject can be awarded 5 contact hours for each year of committee participation. Participation must have been during the four year period that the candidate was certified by the AIHCP.

Candidates may submit an application for recertification up to 60 days prior to their date of certification expiration.

Candidates are given a 6 month "grace" period to apply for recertification. If the candidate does not apply during the 6 month "grace" period (grace period begins on the day of expiration of certification) then the candidate will need to reapply according to first-time certification requirements.

Fellowship Program

The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, provides a "Fellowship Program" for its certified members in Meditation Instruction. Access Information.

 

Printable Application

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Recertification criteria as established and approved by the Advisory Board of the American Institute of Health Care Professionals.

Updated: March 2018.