Your RBT recertification, punched.
RBTs used to recertify every year. From 2026 the BACB moves you to a 2-year cycle with 12 hours of professional development. Put in your expiration date, punch in your PDUs, and put the date on your calendar. Free, no sign-up, and it all stays on this phone.
Your RBT certification
The next date, years on. The board renews on this cycle but hasn't posted this date yet; check the RBT Handbook.
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How to renew
- Earn 12 PDUs during the 2-year cycle and enter each one in your BACB portal account with its documentation (for in-service and ACE events, the RBT Professional Development form). Only PDUs dated inside this cycle count. Repeating the same training doesn't count, and you can't make up PDUs after your date.
- Expires in 2026? This renewal is the last on the old rules. Complete the RBT Recertification Competency Assessment with a qualified BACB-certified supervisor no more than 45 days before your date, on the current version of the packet, and upload it with your application. No PDUs this time.
- Keep up supervision. At least 5% of your service hours each month, with 2 face-to-face contacts (1 individual) and 1 observation. Keep the records for 7 years.
- Apply in the window. The RBT Recertification Application opens in the Applications tab of your BACB portal account 45 days before your date (from 2027, once your 12 PDUs are entered). Use your existing account, not a new one.
- Answer every question truthfully (supervision, health and self-report) and pay the $50 fee on or before your date. The BACB runs on US Mountain Standard Time.
- Allow two weeks for BACB staff to process it. Updates go to the email in your portal account.
| Fee (RBT Handbook) | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2-year recertification application (from January 1, 2026) | $50 |
| Late fee, in the 30-day reinstatement period | $50 |
| Voluntary inactive status | $25 |
BACB fees are nonrefundable. All fees: the RBT Handbook.
If you miss your date
- Your certification goes inactive. You have 30 days to submit an approvable application and pay the $50 late fee. No practicing, billing or calling yourself an RBT while inactive.
- You can't make up missed PDUs in those 30 days.
- After the 30 days it expires. Handbook: "You must meet the eligibility requirements applicable at that time, reapply, and retake the examination to become an RBT again."
Where every number comes from
- Annual recertification through 2026, 2-year cycle and 12 PDUs after, 45-day window, competency assessment, supervision, reinstatement, fees: BACB RBT Handbook (updated 10/2026)
Checked November 11, 2026.
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