ADDITIONAL ADD-ON LANA EXAM CYCLE

LANA is happy to announce that we will offering a chance to take the LANA certification exam at the National Lymphedema Conference in San Diego, CA on August 27, 2008.  The exam will be a paper and pencil exam (not computer driven) and will be administered at the Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, the site of the NLN conference.  Exact room location to be announced at a later date. The exam is two hours and will be administered from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  Applications must be postmarked by Monday, August 11, 2008 in order to qualify for taking the exam at the NLN conference.   Payment of $275.00 will be required the day of the exam. 

This one-time exam is in addition to the Fall, 2008 exam cycle and NOT a replacement of those dates.  If you are interested in taking the LANA exam but not ready for August, 2008, the Fall exam cycle is October 13 through November 1.  Details can be found directly below.

2008 LANA CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES

The Fall, 2008 dates for the LANA certification exam dates are as follows:  Monday, October 13 through Saturday, November 1, 2008. All applications must be postmarked by September 20, 2008 to be accepted for Fall, 2008. Please be sure to review the CIB to review the criteria for testing and necessary paperwork to include. There is a tab on the left side of the home page for the "CIB" which contains full details regarding the exam process.

Don't forget, LANA is offering a special ADD-ON, one time exam at the NLN Conference in San Diego on August 27th.  See above notice for full details. 

FALL, 2008 RECERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

If you became LANA certified in Fall, 2002, now is the time to submit your application for recertification. LANA certification is valid for 6 years so please take a minute to view the recertification policy, print the application and submit with the necessary documents. Applications that are submitted incomplete will not be processed until all required documents are received. You have until December 31, 2008 to submit your paperwork if you originally became LANA certified in Spring, 2002.

For details on the recertification policy and for a printable copy of the recertification application, click on the tab on the left of the LANA home page "Recertification".

RECERTIFICATION POLICY AND APPLICATION

The Board approved a Recertification policy (Word Format, PDF Format). The application (Word Format, PDF Format) for recertification can also be downloaded. Please contact LANA at 773-756-8971 or lana@clt-lana.org for more information. Applications for SPRING, 2008 recertification are now being accepted and must be postmarked by June 30, 2008. Please email LANA at lana@clt-lana.org if you have questions. Please be sure the certificates of continuing education that you are submitting show the number of hours earned. Hours must be printed on the certificate. Handwritten hours will not be accepted.

HAVE YOU MOVED? CHANGED EMPLOYERS? CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESSES?

If you are LANA certified and have moved, changed employers, changed email addresses, etc... since your initial certification, please be sure to keep LANA up to date with your information.  Please email LANA at lana@clt-lana.org and let us know your current information.  From time to time, LANA sends out mailings and we'd like to make sure that you receive your material.  If you are not sure that we have your correct information, please feel free to check, via email.