Requirements for maintaining CMI status

What are the categories and hour requirements for continuing education (CE) courses/workshops?

• Art: 14 hours (1.4 CEUs) minimum required
• Biomedical: 14 hours (1.4 CEUs) minimum required

• Business: 7 hours (.7 CEUs) is the maximum allowed

What is the difference between the Continuing Education Committee and the Board of Certification?

• Evaluating courses, workshops etc. given within the AMI meeting and elsewhere, and determine their relevance to the practice of medical illustration. Does that course have meaning and substance for a medical illustrator? Does the course satisfy the IACET criteria and guidelines for awarding CEUs?
• Recommend to the Board of Certification the required number of CE hours and course categories. The CE Committee deals with that five-year period between the time certification begins and the time to renew.

How is CMI status maintained?

1. Begin acquiring the required 35 CE hours by finding courses to take either at the AMI meeting or elsewhere: colleges, universities, museums, hospitals, on line, commercial computer schools, etc. Designated courses and workshops given at the AMI, HeSCA and GNSI meetings are pre-approved for credit. Courses or workshops taken elsewhere require pre-approval for CE credit by the CE committee.
2. Pre-approval of the CE session must be done before the course is taken. Approval is granted by the CE committee, not AMI HQ.
   
   
   1. Online
      Fill out the online Continuing Education Activity Information Form. This will automatically be emailed to the CE committee chair, and a copy will be emailed back to you for your records. If you do not receive an email copy of this Activity Information form after you've submitted it, please contact the CE committee chair: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to confirm the form was received and processed. You should receive emailed approval or non-approval from the CE committee chair within 2 weeks.
   2. Not Online
      For those choosing not to submit the pre-approval form electronically: hard copy, word or pdf versions of the Continuing Education Activity Information form can be obtained from the CE committee chair, AMI Headquarters or the AMI website. Fill out the form and mail to the CE committee chair. To receive a copy of your approved form, please include a SASE.
   
   If pre-approval is not obtained before taking the course, or within 30 days after the course - at the latest - NO CE CREDIT can be issued.
3. Take the pre-approved course.
4. After a course is completed, the Continuing Education Activity Verification Form must be filled out on line, or mailed to AMI Headquarters. Verification is maintained by AMI HQ, not the CE committee.
   
   AMI HQ must receive this form within 30 days after your course completion or no CE credit can be issued. It is NOT ENOUGH to have the CE committee approve an activity; you MUST make sure that the Activity Verification form gets to AMI Headquarters.
   
   You can check your CEU status online in AMI Member Services after logging in.
5. When the 5-year Certification period ends, you must renew your certification (demonstrating required CEUs) to avoid retaking the CMI exam.
   
   Renewal of certification requires submission of a renewal application form, payment of a fee, and verification by AMI HQ that your required CEUs have been earned and properly recorded during the 5-year certification term. The CMI exam, in its entirety, must be taken again to regain CMI status if the appropriate number of CEUs is not earned during your 5-year term of certification.
   
   
   1. Check your CEU status (link to MEMBER ACCOUNT LOGIN) online to ensure you have sufficient CEUs (in both required categories) to renew your certification.
   2. Fill out and submit the Certification Renewal Form and fee. AMI Headquarters will check your online database record to confirm sufficient CE hours have been earned in order to renew.
6. Start racking up another 35 hours!

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