Policy & Services Documents

• Receive ANCC Catalogs By Mail
  Want to receive your certification catalog by mail? Need more than one catalog for your facility? Complete this form and ANCC will send them to you.
  
  
• 2008 General Testing and Renewal Handbook [pdf]
  This document contains all the rules, procedures, and fees pertaining to ANCC board certification.
  
  
• Paper and Pencil Certification Exam Sites/Dates
  ANCC offers certification exams that are administered as paper-and-pencil tests in May and October each year.
  
  
• School Codes Directory
  
  
• ANCC's Appeal Procedure for Certification/Certification Renewal Applicants and Certified Individuals
  An appeal procedure is available to any applicant ("Applicant") who has applied for ANCC certification and wishes to contest any adverse decision affecting his/her certification eligibility only.
  
  
• ANCC Retesting Policy of Certification Candidates
  If a candidate fails an examination, whether it is paper and pencil or computer based, ANCC will send a retest application. Learn more about this process.
  
  
• Certification Withdrawal Policies
  Unable to take your ANCC exam? This page explains what you need to do.
  
  
• Professional Portfolios for Healthcare Professionals
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• ADA Accommodations
  
  
• International Testing for Military Personnel
  
  
• Testing Outside the U.S.
  
  
• Alternate Test Date
  
  
• Special Testing Sites
  Some computer-based exams are also administered as paper and pencil exams at special testing sites. Your hospital can host a special testing site for a fee.