SAO Business Services LLC is developing a structured professional certification process designed to evaluate candidates against established eligibility and assessment requirements. The planned process will include application review, verification of required qualifications and experience, authorization to test, standardized examination, certification decision, credential issuance, public verification, and continuing certification requirements. Candidates will be required to meet the specific eligibility standards established for each credential before sitting for an examination. Examinations will be developed around defined competency frameworks and examination specifications, with input from qualified subject-matter experts and professionals experienced in certification assessment. Certification will indicate that an individual has satisfied the requirements established for the applicable credential, but it will not replace professional licensure or authorize practice outside an individual’s lawful scope of practice. Detailed application procedures, examination policies, renewal requirements, appeals processes, and certification maintenance standards will be published before the certification programs open for applications.
