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Continuing Education and Credential Renewal Flashcards

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  1. A CDCES certified in 2022 asks when the credential must next be renewed. What is the standard CDCES certification cycle length?

    Answer: 5 years

    The CDCES credential is granted for a 5-year period, after which it must be renewed.

  2. Which combination best describes the renewal-by-continuing-education pathway for the CDCES?

    Answer: 1,000 practice hours as a CDCES plus 75 diabetes-related CE hours within the cycle

    Renewal by CE requires 1,000 hours of diabetes care and education practice during the cycle and 75 relevant CE hours.

  3. A CDCES completes a 2-hour CE course on orthopedic surgery techniques unrelated to diabetes. How should this activity be treated for CDCES renewal?

    Answer: It does not count because CE must be relevant to diabetes care and education

    CBDCE requires that renewal CE content be relevant to diabetes care and education.

  4. A CDCES selected for a renewal audit is asked for proof of CE. What is the best practice for maintaining documentation?

    Answer: Keep certificates of completion showing title, provider, date, and hours for the full cycle

    Certificates with provider, date, and contact hours are needed to verify CE if audited.

  5. Which activity would most likely count toward the CDCES professional practice hour requirement?

    Answer: Supervising diabetes educators and developing a DSMES curriculum

    Practice hours include direct and indirect diabetes care and education roles such as supervision and program development.

  6. A CDCES lets the credential lapse past the end of the cycle without renewing. What is generally required to regain the CDCES?

    Answer: Meet initial eligibility requirements and pass the certification exam again

    Once expired, the credential is regained by meeting initial eligibility and passing the exam.

  7. Which situation would make a CDCES ineligible to renew, regardless of CE hours completed?

    Answer: The professional license or credential that qualified them for the CDCES is no longer current

    Maintaining the qualifying discipline license or credential is a prerequisite for CDCES renewal.

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