The Certification criteria were established and approved by the NADE Executive Board of Directors and the delegate assembly at the 1971 national conference held in Chicago, Illinois.  The requirements for certification were updated at the 1978 national conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Article 4 was further updated by action of the NADE Executive Board in Austin, Texas, October 1984.  All applications will be reviewed by the Professional Development Committee in accordance with the following established criteria:

1)  A minimum period of three years successful practice as a Disability Examiner is necessary prior to becoming eligible for certification.  Successful practice is herein defined as the performance of at least satisfactory work and the Disability Examiner not be in a probationary or conditional status with the employing Agency.

2) A minimum of Baccalaureate degree is necessary unless the employing agency has a policy requiring or permitting other basic education as an equivalency.

3) A minimum of 36 hours of medical training; 24 hours of vocational training; and 12 hours of technical training must be satisfactorily completed.  This training should be in an organized course of instruction presented under the supervision of, or by the approval of, the employing agency.  (This does not equate with college hours.)

4) A Disability Examiner must be a full member in good standing of NADE which requires current membership in the organization.

5) The Disability Examiner will subscribe to the NADE Code of Ethics.

Upon receipt of sufficient documentation that the individual Examiner meets all of the above stipulated requirements, a certificate will be printed and issued.  The review of submitted credentials and issuance of  the certificates will require several weeks time.

The special form, NADE 101 National Association of Disability Examiners Application for Certification, is available from the Professional Development Committee Chairperson or the NADE website @ www.nade.org

revised May 2003