Inactive Status is available to therapists who are due to recertify, but who do not have enough hours to meet the requirements to recertify by professional development. It gives you additional time to meet the recertification requirements without having to take the examination. Inactive status can be selected for one year at a time up to five years maximum.

Details for Inactive Status

• Dates and Fees
• General Requirements
• Work & Professional Development Requirements
• Recertification Procedures for CHTs who are Currently Inactive
• Polices for Inactive Status
• How to Apply

Fees may be submitted by credit card, check, or money order in U.S. funds made payable to “HTCC.”

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General Requirements

1. You must be a current CHT (Active or Inactive) in good standing.
   
   
2. You must have a current professional credential to practice in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Australia, or New Zealand. Depending on your profession and where you practice, a professional credential may include a license, certificate, or registration. In all cases, it is the credential that you need to legally practice in that location. This credential must be active and you must be in good standing with the agency that issued it.
   
   
3. You can apply for Inactive Status only at the time you are due to recertify, not during your recertification cycle.

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Work and Professional Development Requirements

No work or professional development hours are required if you plan to become Inactive.

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Recertification Procedures for CHTs Who Are Currently Inactive

If you are currently Inactive and wish to apply for Recertification, you must meet the general requirements. You may then recertify either by:

Taking the CHT exam, which is given the first Friday and Saturday in May and November

or

Meeting Work and Professional Development Requirements for Recertification by Professional Development

Please Note: For 2009, your accrual cycle for Professional Development Activities will be June 1, 2004 through November 15, 2009.

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Policies for Inactive Status

• Inactive Status must be renewed annually. If it is not renewed, certification will lapse.
• Work hours and professional development hours can only be accrued in the most recent five years, and the accrual cycle advances one year each year that a CHT is Inactive.
• A CHT may remain Inactive for up to five years.
• A CHT may take the exam at any time it is offered to reactivate status.
• An Inactive CHT will not be displayed in the HTCC online directory.
• During the time of Inactive Status, therapists are not allowed to use the CHT credential. Therapists who use the CHT credential during an inactive period lose the right to reactivate their credential by any means (professional development activities or examination) for a period of 10 years.
• The CHT must sign the application form, acknowledging the conditions of Inactive Status.
• Inactive Status will take effect January 1st.

  Example:

  • A CHT is due for recertification but cannot meet the requirements and applies for Inactive Status, which becomes effective on January 1st of the next year.
  • Each year the CHT is Inactive, the accrual cycle for work and professional development activities advances one year.
  • When the CHT meets the requirements and submits an application for Recertification, a new accrual cycle for work experience and continuing education begins the day the application is approved and ends on November 15, five years later.
  • The initial CHT number is retained, but the new recertification cycle will be for five years from the date of renewal.

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How to Apply

Apply Online

Click here to go to the online application

Apply by Mail

You may apply anytime during the year your certification expires, but you must submit your application by December 31st of that year. If you do not, your certification will expire and you will have to take the examination to renew it.

Click here to Download the Inactive Status Application.

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