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Maintaining Your Certi昀椀cation
Candidate Eligibility
The applicant must work under Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
guidelines, and with IRB/IEC/REB-approved (or speci昀椀cally
exempted) protocols. The applicant's documented experience
must fall within one of the following categories:
2 years of fulltime experience*
as a Clinical
Research
Professional
within the past
five years
*equal to 3500
part-time hours
1 year of full-time experience* as a
Clinical Research Professional within
OR the past two years
*equal to 1750 part-time hours
and
Degree in
“Clinical
Research” from
an Associate,
Undergraduate
or Graduate
Degree
Program*
and
Undergraduate
or Graduate
Certificate
OR in “Clinical
Research”
*Degree and Certificate Programs must
meet requirements. Visit www.socra.org/
certification for more details.
and
Associate or
Bachelor Degree
in a science,
health science,
pharmacy or
related field
The CCRP credential is awarded in three year increments.
Certification of Clinical Research Professionals by SOCRA
is based on a continuing process of professional experience
and education.
This program is intended to provide recognition and
validation of the continued professional growth of the
individual CCRP®.
Continuing Education (CE) Requirement
Certificants must complete 45 hours of CE during their
three-year certification period. The breakdown of CE
that may be claimed within each CE category follows:
Clinical
Research
Operations /
Regulatory
Minimum of 22
CE hours must
be claimed
(no maximum)
+
Therapeutic /
Professional
Area
NO minimum
=
Total of 45
CE hours
per 3-year
certification
period
+
Recerti昀椀cation
Continuing
Competence
Learning
Module
1 CE hour may
be claimed
Only educational hours may be claimed for CE;
candidates may not claim CE credit for work hours.
Recerti昀椀cation / Certi昀椀cation Renewal
To maintain active certification status, certificants must apply for renewal of certification every three years. Those wishing to
renew their CCRP certification must successfully complete an online regulatory learning module and provide documentation of 45
hours of validated CE credit. The fee for re-certification for three years is currently $350. An installment payment plan is available
at $200, $100, $100 over three years for a total of $400.
As you know, SOCRA strives to promote individual recognition and continuing excellence in the ethical and operational conduct
of clinical trials through the CCRP certification program. We truly appreciate your accomplishment as a CCRP and your continued
maintenance of the CCRP credential.
We have been able to maintain our fees for recertification for the CCRP credential at the same levels for the past 15 years.
However, due to current interpretations of applicable law, the Certification Committee has updated the requirements and
subsequently adjusted the fee structure for CCRP recertification.
Under the revised system, certified clinical research professionals receive complimentary SOCRA membership for their term of
certification. Certified clinical research professionals thereby still:
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have access to the SOCRA journal
have access to CITI’s GCP and Human Research Protections on-line modules (10 hours of no cost CE)
receive SOCRA CE certi昀椀cates when attending SOCRA Chapter meetings (at no cost)
When applying for recertification you will now have two options. You can be assured that the committee has minimized the cost
impact of both options. Please note that complimentary SOCRA membership is included in both options.
Option 1: Payment in Full for a three year recertification term = $350 for three years (includes complimentary
SOCRA membership for all three years)
Option 2: Installment Plan over three years: $200 initial payment for one year, $100 for year two and $100 for year three =
$400 total (includes complimentary annual SOCRA membership as each installment is received)
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