Earn Credits for the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) Credential Maintenance Program (CMP)

If you received your ASCP Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) certification after 1/1/2004, the American Society for Clinical Pathology requires you to earn Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) points to maintain your certification. If you were certified before 2004, participation in the ASCP Credential Maintenance Program is voluntary but highly encouraged.

In October 2009, the ASCP Board of Registry and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) merged into a single credentialing agency, the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC). Individuals formerly certified by NCA are now certified by the ASCP BoC and may need to earn continuing education credits for the ASCP Credential Maintenance Program as outlined below.

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How many CMP points do I need for ASCP?

To meet ASCP CMP requirements, Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT) and Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLS) need to earn 36 CMP points every three years in the following categories:

• 1 point in safety
• 2 points in each of the following:
• Blood banking
• Chemistry
• Hematology
• Microbiology
• Remaining points in area(s) of lab specialty, immunology, molecular diagnostics, management, education or other related laboratory areas of interest

How can I earn ASCP credits?

All 36 CMP points / CE hours can be earned with a LabCE subscription. Because LabCE awards ASCLS P.A.C.E.® credits, all LabCE courses can be used towards the fulfillment of ASCP Credential Maintenance Program requirements. One ASCLS P.A.C.E® contact hour = 1 CMP point = 1 ASCP CMLE credit. Since LabCE offers over 239 continuing education contact hours (CMP points), you'll be able to choose from a wide variety of courses to meet ASCP CMP requirments.

The following LabCE courses can be used to meet the specific ASCP requirements shown above:

• Safety (one point / CE hour needed)
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens (1.5 points / CE hours)
• OSHA Electrical Safety (1 point / CE hour)
• OSHA Fire Safety (1 point / CE hour)
• OSHA Formaldehyde (1 point / CE hour)
• OSHA Hazard Communication and Chemical Hygiene (1 point / CE hour)
• Active Shooter Preparation and Prevention (1 point / CE hour)
• Bioterrorism: The Laboratory's Role and Response (1.5 points / CE hours)
• COVID-19: Basics and Biosafety Precautions (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and Clinical Laboratory Safety in the United States (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Evidence-Based Practice Applied to the Clinical Laboratory (1 point / CE hour)
• First Aid (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Laboratory Emergency Preparedness (1 point / CE hour)
• Laboratory Ergonomics (1 point / CE hour)
• Medical Courier Safety (1 point / CE hour)
• Medical Error Prevention: Patient Safety (2 points / CE hours)
• Packaging and Shipping Infectious Materials (2 points / CE hours)
• Personal Protective Equipment (2 points / CE hours)
• Risk Management in the Clinical Laboratory (1 point / CE hour)
• The Basics of Non-Conforming Event Management for Clinical Laboratory Services (2 points / CE hours)
• Tuberculosis Awareness for Health Care Workers (1 point / CE hour)
• Blood banking (two points / CE hours needed)
• A Series of Antibody Panels (1 point / CE hour)
• ABO Typing Discrepancies (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Adverse Effects of Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion: TRALI, TACO and Allergic Reactions (1 point / CE hour)
• Antibody Detection and Identification (2.5 points / CE hours)
• Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Transfusion Services (2 points / CE hours)
• Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (2 points / CE hours)
• Immune Hemolytic Anemias (2 points / CE hours)
• Introduction to the ABO Blood Group System (1 point / CE hour)
• Overview Of Major Antigens of the Rh Blood Group System (2 points / CE hours)
• Red Cell Crossmatch Techniques (2.5 points / CE hours)
• Rh-Negative Female with Anti-D at Delivery: A Case Study (2 points / CE hours)
• The Disappearing Antibody: A Case Study (2 points / CE hours)
• Transfusion Reactions (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Warm Antibodies and Autoantibodies in Blood Banking (1 point / CE hour)
• Chemistry (two points / CE hours needed)
• Adrenal Gland Function & Disorders (1 point / CE hour)
• Cardiac Biomarkers (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Chemical Screening of Urine by Reagent Strip (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Detection and Management of Preeclampsia: Current Laboratory Testing and Emerging Biomarkers (2 points / CE hours)
• Diabetes: Diagnosis, Laboratory Testing, and the Current American Diabetes Association Guidelines (2 points / CE hours)
• Drug Metabolism (2 points / CE hours)
• Drug Testing Methods in the Clinical Toxicology Laboratory (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Electrophoresis (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Laboratory Assessment of Thyroid Function (2 points / CE hours)
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis (1 point / CE hour)
• Laboratory Methods to Aid in the Detection of Sepsis (1 point / CE hour)
• Metabolic Syndrome (1 point / CE hour)
• Mushroom Poisoning and the Laboratory's Role in Monitoring Patients (1 point / CE hour)
• Osteoporosis and the Clinical Laboratory (1 point / CE hour)
• Pharmacology for the Clinical Chemist: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenomics (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Pharmacology of Antihyperlipidemic Medications for Laboratory Professionals (1 point / CE hour)
• Pituitary Hormones (1.5 points / CE hours)
• The Toxicology Laboratory's Role in Pain Management: Testing for Opiates (2 points / CE hours)
• The Urine Microscopic: Microscopic Analysis of Urine Sediment (3 points / CE hours)
• Tumor Markers (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Vitamin D (1 point / CE hour)
• Hematology (two points / CE hours needed)
• Acute Leukemia with a Focus on WHO Classification (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Alpha Thalassemia (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Pharmacology for the Laboratory Professional (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Antiplatelet Medication Response Testing: Aspirin and Clopidogrel (1 point / CE hour)
• Authentic and Spurious Causes of Thrombocytopenia (1 point / CE hour)
• Beta Thalassemia (1 point / CE hour)
• Body Fluid Differential Tutorial (2 points / CE hours)
• Bone Marrow Aspiration: Normal Hematopoiesis and Basic Interpretive Procedures (2 points / CE hours)
• Case Studies in Hematology - Malignant WBC Disorders (1 point / CE hour)
• Case Studies in Hematology - Nonmalignant WBC Disorders (1 point / CE hour)
• Case Studies in Pediatric Hematology (1 point / CE hour)
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (2 points / CE hours)
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) (1 point / CE hour)
• Common Coagulopathies (1 point / CE hour)
• Describing a Red Blood Cell Population Using RBC Indices and Red Cell Distribution Width (1 point / CE hour)
• Detecting and Evaluating Coagulation Inhibitors and Factor Deficiencies (1 point / CE hour)
• Erythrocyte Inclusions (2 points / CE hours)
• Fundamentals of Hemostasis (1 point / CE hour)
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Hemoglobinopathies: Hemoglobin S Disorders (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis (2 points / CE hours)
• Introduction to Flow Cytometry: Blood Cell Identification (2 points / CE hours)
• Laboratory Evaluation of the Lupus Anticoagulant found in Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) (1 point / CE hour)
• Macrocytic Anemias (1 point / CE hour)
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) (1 point / CE hour)
• Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (1 point / CE hour)
• New Oral Anticoagulants (1 point / CE hour)
• Normal Peripheral Blood Cells (2 points / CE hours)
• Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology (2 points / CE hours)
• Red Cell Disorders: Peripheral Blood Clues to Nonneoplastic Conditions (2 points / CE hours)
• Semen Analysis (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Variations in White Cell Morphology -- Granulocytes (2 points / CE hours)
• White Cell and Platelet Disorders: Peripheral Blood Clues to Nonneoplastic Conditions (2 points / CE hours)
• Microbiology (two points / CE hours needed)
• Arthropods and the Clinical Laboratory (1 point / CE hour)
• Case Studies in Clinical Microbiology (3 points / CE hours)
• Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI): Overview, Laboratory Tests and Updated Guidelines (1 point / CE hour)
• Corynebacterium and their Importance in Infections (2 points / CE hours)
• Drug-Resistant Superbugs, Multi-drug Resistant Organisms: MRSA, VRE, Clostridioides difficile, and CRE (2.5 points / CE hours)
• Free-Living Amoeba as Agents of Infection (1 point / CE hour)
• Fungal Infections in Humans (2 points / CE hours)
• Intestinal Protozoan Parasites (1 point / CE hour)
• Intestinal Worms (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Laboratory Test Methods (1 point / CE hour)
• Malaria (2 points / CE hours)
• Medically Important Aerobic Actinomycetes (1 point / CE hour)
• Microbial Identification Using MALDI-TOF MS (1 point / CE hour)
• Molecular Methods in Clinical Microbiology (A Historical Review) (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Mycology: Hyaline and Dematiaceous Fungi (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Mycology: Yeasts and Dimorphic Pathogens (2 points / CE hours)
• Overview of Prion Diseases (1 point / CE hour)
• Preliminary Identification of the Primary Select Agents of Bioterrorism (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Reading and Reporting Gram Stained Direct Smears (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Reading Gram Stained Smears From Cultures (1.5 points / CE hours)
• Tracking Antibiotic-Resistant Tuberculosis (2 points / CE hours)
• Unmasking Respiratory Viruses: The Basics of Respiratory Viral Interactions (1 point / CE hour)
• Lab specialty, immunology, molecular diagnostics, management, education or other related laboratory areas of interest (any remaining points, up to 27)
• Any LabCE course is acceptable. See a complete list of courses

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Sources: CMP U.S. Credential Maintenance Program ASCP Board of Certification: Stay Credentialed

Revised 7/17/2020

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