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General Information (continued)

It is extremely important to keep your contact information

current with APA. If you know your user id and password

For questions, comments, or concerns relating to

please update your profile at OR

recertification, please contact us at

if you need your user ID and password, contact Membership

or (210) 226-4600 ext 3001.

Services: (210) 224-6406 or email:

Instructions for Recording RCHs

As you accumulate qualifying recertification credit hours,

Approved Provider’s Company Name:

Enter the name of the

record the following information on the program log:

organization, college, or university offering the program.

Date:

Enter the date(s) on which a qualifying program was

Type of Documentation:

Enter the type of documentation

attended.

provided as proof of program completion. Acceptable

documentation: APA’s participant Thank You Letter; certificate

Program Attended:

List the title/name of each qualifying

of participation or proof of completion; official transcript,

program attended as a participant and/or instructor during the

or certificate of participation or proof of completion with

recertification period. In addition to all APA National courses,

APA’s Approved Provider Logo displayed. It is not necessary

seminars, and conferences, other programs providing learning

opportunities within the exam content outline include, but are

to submit the documentation when recertifying. However,

not limited to, approved APA local chapter meetings, regional,

you must retain all documentation and submit it to APA’s

or statewide conferences; college or university courses;

Certification Department if you are randomly selected for a

and vendor or third-party programs offered by approved

mandatory audit.

providers. All programs must cover material within the FPC or

CPP exam‘s content outline or within the areas defined as the

RCHs:

Enter the applicable approved Recertification

payroll industry and must focus on increasing knowledge and/

Credit Hours (RCHs) for each program attended. RCHs are

or skills in the practice of payroll. Payroll industry is defined

the official recertification unit for all those certified by the

as: production, reporting, accounting, systems, taxation,

administration, education/consulting.

American Payroll Association. In order to recertify through

continuing education, qualifying RCHs must total at least 60.

NOTE: RCHs can be logged only once per program

RCHs in excess of 60 cannot be carried over into the next

attended, as a participant and/or instructor, within a

recertification period.

calendar year. For example, attendance as a participant

and/or instructor of APA’s Payroll Practice Essentials in

RCHs are defined as the number of actual educational clock

February and again in June qualifies only for the initial 18

hours spent as a participant or instructor in direct participation

RCHs earned in February.

in a structured educational format. Lunch, breaks, exhibit hall

Content Code/Payroll Area/APA Code:

Enter the APA

times, and time spent on general business topics at chapter

Approved Provider or Chapter code. For example,

or company meetings are not included as educational time.

11HKG1101 or DC011106. For all non-APA National

Partial hours must be rounded down to the next lowest half-

programs – enter the applicable numeric/alpha designation

hour. Thus, a program one hour and forty-five minutes in

from the exam content outline ( /

length is rounded to 1.5 RCHs. Convert CEUs, CPE credits,

certification/recertification). For example, for the program

and semester or quarter credits to RCHs for the purpose of

topic FLSA, enter “I.B.” on the log. This represents the

logging recertification information.

numeric/alpha designation for this topic in the content

outline. If a program does not fall within the content outline

Recertification Credit Hour Conversion Chart

but addresses one or more of the areas defined as “payroll

industry” qualifying for recertification, enter the applicable

One (1) Continuing Education Unit (CEU) . . . . . . . . . 10 RCHs

payroll area. For example, a program on preparing corporate

One (1) Semester Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 RCHs

tax returns such as Form 5500 falls under the area: Payroll

One (1) Quarter Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RCHs

Taxation. APA National programs do not require a numeric/

alpha content code or payroll industry area.

The conversion for CPE credits to RCHs is the number of CPE

credits, multiplied by 50, divided by 60, rounded down to the

If you are uncertain whether non-APA programs qualify for

nearest 30 minute increment. Example: 7 CPE credits x 50 =

RCHs towards FPC recertification, please contact APA’s

350; 350/60 = 5.83; rounded down to 5.5 RCHs. Whereas, 8

Certification Department at or

(210) 226-4600 ext 3001.

CPE credits equate to 6.5 RCHs.

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