Certification

General Provisions
  • Applicants must be actively engaged and employed in the practice of forensic toxicology at the time of application and at the time of sitting for the qualifying examination.
  • The right to deny certification is reserved.
  • A Certificate of Qualification in forensic toxicology is valid for five years and is renewable according to standards and under conditions established by the board, including continuing education requirements.
  • Persons holding a valid Certificate of Qualification issued by the board are entitled to use the applicable designation and initials.
  • Certificates may be suspended or revoked for appropriate cause under an elaborate system of safeguards for the individual concerned.
  • Qualifications, requirements, and application procedures for certification are subject to revision by the board.
Continuing Education and Annual Fees
Once certified, all certificants are required to provide annual documentation of continuing education in the field of forensic toxicology. Current documentation requirements are available on the ABFT website. An annual maintenance fee of $100 is collected at the time continuing education documentation is submitted by the certificant. The documentation and fee must be submitted every year, regardless of the amount or lack of continuing education activity that a certificant has participated in for a given year.

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