Re-Certification (CCP & CCE)

The Health Ethics Trust (HET), a division of the Council of Ethical Organizations, has offered compliance professional certification (Certified Compliance Professional: CCP) since the Trust’s inception in 1995. The Trust introduced an advanced certification (Certified Compliance Executive: CCE) in 2006. The goal of the Trust’s certification programs is to promote professionalism and competence throughout the health care compliance community.

The Trust’s certification process in overseen by the Education Committee of the Council of Ethical Organizations. This is an independent, voluntary committee of experienced compliance professionals from around the country. Members of this committee oversee changes to the HET certification process as well as reviewing applications for HET certifications and renewals.

In 2002, the Education Committee and HET implemented a continuing education requirement for maintaining certification. This means that all HET CCPs and CCEs who wish to maintain their certification must meet the continuing education requirements over a defined period of time. (The only exception is for individuals who retire while currently certified). This stipulation was introduced because the Trust believes that the field of ethics and compliance is evolving rapidly and that continuing education is important to meet the growing challenges in the field of compliance/ethics.

Compliance professionals who wish to maintain their certification must complete certain requirements and obtain 40 points in specified sections within 3 years of their initial certification or last re-certification.

Applicants must obtain 24 of the 40 points through work experience AND courses offered by the Council and or/HET. Additional points must be earned in these or other categories. Use this application form to provide the information needed to verify your satisfaction of these requirements. (See the specific criteria within each section for detailed information about each requirement.)

Compliance Work Experience 8 POINTS (Minimum)

Continuing Education – CEO/HET 16 POINTS (Minimum)

Additional Points 16 POINTS

There is an application fee of $150.00 to process each re-certification application. This fee is reduced to $75 for employees of organizations that are members of the Health Ethics Trust and/or Council of Ethical Organizations.

Download the full Re-Certification (CCP & CCE) requirements and application by clicking the link below.