Candidacy Programs and Student Eligibility for the CCC

The Council For Clinical Certification (CFCC) will apply the following policies in considering applications for the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from students who were enrolled in a graduate education program while it held candidacy status for CAA accreditation:

• Students enrolled during the candidacy period will be required to complete the entire certification application form ("non-pass-through"), which the program director must review to verify that all requirements have been met for certification. The CFCC will conduct an evaluation of all applications received from individuals in this category.

• In evaluating an application, the CFCC will consider all graduate course work and graduate practicum hours completed by students in a program while it held CAA candidacy status as having been initiated and completed in a CAA-accredited program, even if the program ultimately does not become accredited. Candidacy status is not retroactive; students who initiate graduate course work in their professional area before candidacy status is awarded to the program where such work is done may not apply those graduate professional credits toward meeting the certification standards.

• Graduate professional course work and practicum may be counted beginning with the academic term (semester or quarter) that candidacy is awarded. If the CAA withdraws candidacy from a program, students enrolled in the program are protected under this agreement and are still eligible to apply for the CCC.