Your BCBA recertification, punched.
A BCBA recertifies every 2 years with 32 continuing education units. Put in your recertification date, punch in your CEUs as you earn them, and put the date on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
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The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the BCBA Handbook.
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How to renew
- Earn 32 CEUs during the 2-year cycle: 4 in ethics, plus supervision CEUs if you supervised RBTs, BCaBAs or trainees at any point. They count from ACE provider events, behavior-analytic graduate courses, some BACB activities, teaching and publishing. Repeating the same activity doesn't count.
- Enter each CEU in your BACB portal account with its documentation as you go. All CEUs must be done and entered before your recertification date; you can't make them up afterward.
- Apply in the window. The recertification application opens in your portal 45 days before your date and lets you submit once enough CEUs are entered. Check your contact and mailing details.
- Answer the self-report question truthfully and pay $215 ($290 for a BCBA-D) on or before your date.
- Watch your email. If your CEUs are audited, the BACB asks for documents. Once approved, your new expiration is two years from your last recertification date, and CEUs for the next cycle count only from then.
| Fee (BCBA Handbook) | BCBA | BCBA-D |
|---|---|---|
| Recertification application | $215 | $290 |
| Late fee, in the 30-day reinstatement period | $50 | $50 |
BACB fees are nonrefundable. All fees: the BCBA Handbook.
If you miss your date
- Your certification goes inactive: no billing, practicing, supervising or calling yourself a BCBA.
- If your CEUs were complete, you have 30 days from your recertification date to reinstate and pay the $50 late fee. You can't earn more CEUs in those 30 days.
- After the 30 days it expires, and you reapply under the eligibility rules in effect then.
Where every number comes from
- 32 CEUs every 2 years, 4 ethics, supervision CEUs, 45-day window, recertification steps, reinstatement, fees: BACB BCBA Handbook (updated 11/2026)
Checked November 11, 2026.
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