LATE RECERTIFICATION POLICY

LANA is offering a one time “Amnesty” Late Renewal Exception You may renew your LANA recertification, regardless of when you expired, until September 30, 2008 by sending in the recertification renewal form, the necessary enclosures, the renewal fee of $150.00 plus an additional of $50 if you are less than 6 months late OR $100 if you are more than 6 months late. Effective October 1, 2008, the penalty for late applications for recertification will be an additional $50 if you are less than 6 months late OR $100 if you are 6-12 months late After October 1, 2008, recertifications that are greater than 1 year late will not be accepted and in order to become LANA certified again, you MUST retake the LANA certification exam. There will be no exceptions to this policy.

2008 & 2009 LANA CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES

The Fall, 2008 dates for the LANA certification exam dates are as follows: Monday, October 13 through Saturday, November 1, 2008. All applications must be postmarked by September 20, 2008 to be accepted for Fall, 2008. Spring, 2009 exam dates are Monday, April 13 through Saturday, May 2. All applications must be postmarked by March 23, 2009 to be accepted for Spring, 2009. Fall, 2009 exams dates are Monday, October 5 through Saturday, October 24. All applications must be postmarked by September 14, 2009 to be accepted for Fall, 2009. Please be sure to review the CIB to review the criteria for testing and necessary paperwork to include. There is a tab on the left side of the home page for the "CIB" which contains full details regarding the exam process.

FALL, 2008 RECERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

If you became LANA certified in Fall, 2002, now is the time to submit your application for recertification. LANA certification is valid for 6 years so please take a minute to view the recertification policy, print the application and submit with the necessary documents. If you were certified in Fall (September/October/November) 2002, you have until December 31, 2008 to submit your paperwork.

For details on the recertification policy and for a printable copy of the recertification application, click on the tab on the left of the LANA home page "Recertification".

RECERTIFICATION POLICY AND APPLICATION

The Board approved a Recertification policy (Word Format, PDF Format). The application (Word Format, PDF Format) for recertification can also be downloaded. Please contact LANA at 773-756-8971 or lana@clt-lana.org for more information. Applications for SPRING, 2008 recertification are now being accepted and must be postmarked by June 30, 2008. Please email LANA at lana@clt-lana.org if you have questions. Please be sure the certificates of continuing education that you are submitting show the number of hours earned. Hours must be printed on the certificate. Handwritten hours will not be accepted.

HAVE YOU MOVED? CHANGED EMPLOYERS? CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESSES?

If you are LANA certified and have moved, changed employers, changed email addresses, etc... since your initial certification, please be sure to keep LANA up to date with your information.  Please email LANA at lana@clt-lana.org and let us know your current information.  From time to time, LANA sends out mailings and we'd like to make sure that you receive your material.  If you are not sure that we have your correct information, please feel free to check, via email.