RBT renewal and recertification
Lesson 36 of 36 in RBT Exam Prep. The start plays free here.
- Self-reporting: you tell the BACB
- Not knowing a rule is no excuse
- Recertification: renew on a cycle
- Self-report to the BACB within 30 days
- Recertify every 2 years (2026 or later)
- Earn 12 PDU hours each 2-year cycle
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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How the lesson starts
Some events in your working life must reach the BACB, and no one files them for you. You tell the BACB yourself. That is self-reporting.
Say you never learned a reporting rule and missed it. You are still responsible. Not knowing or misunderstanding a standard is no excuse for breaking it.
Your credential also renews on a set cycle, called recertification. It ties to a core principle of the code: you ensure your own competence.
You learn about an event that requires self-reporting. You must report it to the BACB within 30 days of the event or of becoming aware of it.
Then, in the full lesson
- Recertification cycle
- Professional development
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
You become aware of a required reportable event after it happened. What deadline applies to your BACB self-report?
- Within 30 days after recertification
- Within 30 days of becoming aware
- Whenever your next recertification is due
Show the answer
B. Within 30 days of becoming aware. Within 30 days of becoming aware is the applicable deadline. Waiting until recertification or until after recertification replaces the required reporting deadline with the wrong milestone.
The full class, $29 once.
Paid once, no subscription. Ask for a refund within 7 days of buying if you’ve done less than 25% of the class.
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
Passing isn’t guaranteed. Not affiliated with the BACB. Questions are original, written to the published outline.