RQAP Re-Registration

Overview

The Quality Assurance Professional Registration program was established by the Society of Quality Assurance as a professional enhancement to the field of regulatory quality assurance.  It is essential, in such a diverse and evolving profession, for quality assurance professionals to continually refresh their skills and remain current in the latest regulatory requirements and interpretations, and in industry's approach to compliance.

The purpose of the RQAP-GLP and RQAP-GCP re-registration programs is two-fold: first, to encourage and recognize continued participation in the field of regulatory quality assurance, and, second, to ensure that quality assurance professionals remain informed and knowledgeable in their profession.
 

Requirements

The re-registration program requires that REGISTRANTS complete a total of twelve (12) units within three years of registration or re-registration. A minimum of six (6) units shall be based on discipline-specific activities (GLP-related for RQAP-GLP designations and GCP-related for RQAP-GCP designations) and the remaining six (6) units may be based on relevant professional activities, e.g., a seminar in statistics, analytical chemistry or microbiology; a workshop on organizational effectiveness, process improvement or facilitator training; formal education courses; participating in professional committee work; etc.  If you have any questions concerning applicability of units, please contact the Chair of the Council on Professional Registration.

Documentation supporting proof of units earned must be submitted with the re-registration application.  It is the responsibility of the Registrant to provide unequivocal documentation of the units earned.  The supporting documentation must be clear, concise, traceable/verifiable, and complete. Units without the supporting documentation will not be accredited towards re-registration.  The re-registration process will operate on the honor system. Submission of fraudulent materials or information may be pursued with a penalty of revocation of registration privileges.

Units may be earned as follows:

1. Attendance at professional meetings, seminars, or conferences: each ½ day session (4 to 6 hours) = 1 unit and each ¼ day session (3 hours or less) = 0.5 units. Examples of acceptable meetings include:
   • SQA Annual Meetings (e.g., 3 days = 6 units)
   • SQA Regional Chapter meetings (e.g., 1 full-day meeting = 2 units)
   • Other professional society meetings (e.g., JSQA, BARQA, RAPS, DIA, ACS, AACAS, etc.);
2. Instructing, lecturing or training: each unique, non-repetitive session = 1 unit;
3. Participating author for published, peer-reviewed articles; books; or book chapters: each published work = 1 unit;
4. Participating author for a poster session: each poster = 1 unit;
5. Attendance at relevant university courses: 1 semester/quarter credit = 1 unit;
6. SQA Chapter, Committee, Specialty Section membership, or SQA annual membership, per year = 1 unit;
7. Submission of solicited questions for the RQAP-GLP or RQAP-GCP examination: every 10 questions submitted = 1 unit.  Unsolicited questions will NOT be accepted for credit.  Contact the appropriate Examination Committee Chair prior to writing exam questions
8. SQA Mentoring (SQA Mentoring Program Committee): per satisfactorily completed six-month mentoring partnership = 2 units; maximum per year = 4 units.

All professional involvement must take place within the three-year period between passing the examination and applying for re-registration, or between sequential and successive re-registration periods.  The first post-examination re-registration period begins on April 1 of the examination year and ends on 30 September three years later, e.g., 1 April 2010 through 30 September 2013.  Subsequent re-registration periods begin 1 October of the re-registration year and end on 30 September three years later.  Activities eligible for re-registration in 2010 should date from 1 October 2007 through 30 September 2010.

The completed application for re-registration must be mailed to the SQA Headquarters and be post-marked on or before 31 October of the re-registration year.
 

Fee

The current cost of re-registration is $75 made payable to the Society of Quality Assurance and must be submitted with the re-registration application.

This information will be distributed to all RQAPs during the summer preceding the expiration of registration.  At that time, more specific information will be provided concerning acceptable methods of payment, the deadline for submission, etc.