Certification is for a period of one year, and can be renewed annually. Please see the attached schedule for applicable fees. Renewals are billed by the AMS in conjunction with annual membership and subscription notices. If an individual fails to achieve an acceptable level of continuing professional development during the five-year period following certification or the completion of the most recent continuing professional development period, the certification will be considered Inactive.

Inactive Status

Inactive CBMs/Sealholders can’t practice as a CBM/Sealholder or market themselves as CBMs/Sealholders. Those wishing to acknowledge their past active status in resumes may do so, but must list the years from initial certification to when they lapsed into Inactive status.

Retired Status

Retired CBMs/Sealholders may request that their status be changed to 'retired'. CBMs/Sealholders with a retired status are no longer required to pay the certification renewal fee and do not need to complete the professional development requirement. Those wishing to acknowledge their past active CBM/Sealholder status in resumes may do so, but must list the years from initial certification to when their status changed to retired.

Reactivation

Reactivation of an Inactive certification can be obtained under the following situations:

1. If the certification has become Inactive due to failure to pay the renewal fee, and has been Inactive for less than five years, active status can be obtained by paying the renewal fee for the Inactive year(s) and the current renewal. If it has been Inactive for five years or more, the individual is required to submit weathercasts (but no additional fee) for review by the Board Chair in accordance with the above four stated criteria.
2. If the certification has become Inactive because insufficient continuing professional development activities had been completed in the required five-year continuing professional development period, and the certification has been Inactive for less than three years, the certification can be reactivated upon completion of sufficient continuing professional development activities in the five year period preceding the request for reactivation and with the payment of the renewal fee for the Inactive year(s) and the current renewal. If it has been Inactive for three years or more, the individual is required to submit weathercasts (but no additional fee) for review by the Board Chair in accordance with the above four stated criteria.
3. If the individual has become Inactive to due to a failure to hold an on-air position for more than five consecutive years, he/she must submit weathercasts (but no additional fee) for review by the Board Chair in accordance with the above four stated criteria.