The Certification Council is solely responsible for essential decisions related to the development, administration, and ongoing maintenance of the certification programs, specifically:
- Establishing the policies and procedures for granting certification;
- Establishing the policies and procedures for maintaining certification;
- Establishing policies and procedures for suspending or withdrawing certification (including the oversight of all disciplinary investigations and actions related to certification holders);
- Defining, expanding, and/or reducing the scope of the certification programs;
- Overseeing the development, maintenance, administration, and scoring of the examinations to ensure that all tests are reasonably valid and reliable;
- Establishing and enforcing a Code of Conduct for individuals holding credentials;
- Proposing a budget for the operation of the certification program;
- Providing oversight to all certification committees and establishing and overseeing committees as needed; and
- Establishing and implementing policies and procedures for, and overseeing the ongoing operational processes of, the certification programs.