Why is Certification Important?

To Employers

• Serves as a Quality Indicator

• Maintains a workforce current in its field

• Reduces Turnover Costs

• Improves Hiring Decisions

  • National Registry

  • Ability Benchmark

• Limits Liability and Reduces Insurance Premiums

To Employees

• Certification promotes professional standards and improves the practice of Quality Assurance

• Portability will enhance employment opportunities

• Certification bestows acknowledgement, recognizes skills and instills pride

To The Public

• Certification offers consumers a way to judge facilities and services

• Certification protects the patient, as well as the profession and its providers, by ensuring that individuals who obtain the credentials have skills consistent with specific national standards and criteria.