Recertification Requirements

Continuing competence is a career-long enhancement of knowledge, skill, and abilities required to practice safely and ethically. CPM recertification is a quality assurance mechanism to support midwives in facilitating their continuing competence.

• Certification renewal is due every three years. Expiration dates can be found in your Certemy account
• Recertification is available through the CPM’s Certemy portal.
• 30 Continuing Education Contact Hours (3.0 CEUs) are required during the three-year period.
• One Contact Hour is defined as 55 clock minutes of time. To be awarded .5 (half) Contact Hours, the time period is 30 minutes to 55 minutes. Less than 30 contact minutes will not be awarded Continuing Education Contact Hours.
• All recertifications are subject to audit.

Mandatory Areas

1. Peer Review — 5 Contact Hours Participates in Peer Review and/or Attends Peer Review Workshop
2. Current CPR and neonatal resuscitation. NARM only accepts certification from courses which include a hands-on skills component. Online-only courses are not accepted. Approved CPR courses include the American Heart Association, the Red Cross, the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) Basic Life Support, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Neonatal resuscitation courses must be approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Canadian Paediatric Society, or pre-approved by NARM. Courses must be approved for use in the U.S. or Canada.
3. Affirmation of current use of Practice Guidelines, Emergency Care Form, Informed Disclosure (given at initiation of care), and Informed Consent documents (used for shared decision making during care).
4. Documentation of workshop, course, or module on cultural awareness within the last three years.
5. Demographic information

Two Options for Recertification

1. Mandatory Areas + 25 Contact Hours from a mixture of Categories all received within 3 years of when the Recertification is submitted.

2. Mandatory Areas + retaking the NARM Examination

   
   

Continuing Education Categories

Category 1 (maximum-25 Contact Hours)

CEUs must have been granted by an accrediting organization such as MEAC, ICEA, Lamaze International, ACOG, ACNM, AWHON, State Health Departments, Nursing or Perinatal Associations.

Any class or course work that is granted accredited CEUs in a health profession specifically related to midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn.

Category 2 (maximum-10 Contact Hours)

Course work or classes in midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn

without accredited CEUs.

Category 3 (maximum-15 Contact Hours)

Part 1: Research and Writing related to the field of midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn.

Part 2: Teaching related to the field of midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn.

Category 4 (maximum-5 Contact Hours)

Self-study or life experience related to the field of midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn. One contact hour equals one contact hour.

Category 5 (maximum-15, limit five Contact Hours per section)

Serving in a Volunteer Capacity as outlined in the Recertification Application.

Category 6 (maximum-10 Contact Hours)

Filing statistics forms with the MANA Division of Research. One Contact Hour for every ten MANA

Statistics forms.

Category 7 (maximum-10 Contact Hours)

Service in an Out-Of-Country (OOC) maternity center or clinic.