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II. Registration and Administration of the Written Examination:
All applications for the examination are handled by the designated testing agent of the ABNM, the Professional Testing Corporation (PTC), 1350 Broadway - 17th Floor, New York , New York 10018, (212) 356-0660, www.ptcny.com. PTC administers the written examination twice a year at dates listed on the PTC web site. The examination can only be administered on these pre-established dates. Numerous testing centers across the United States have been established for the written examination (17 at this writing) and PTC has been flexible in arranging additional sites as circumstances require. Such circumstances include a long distance (over 500 miles) of the site from the candidate, need for Sunday testing because of religious reasons, and when a group of ten or more individuals request a special testing center together. Special accommodations are made available for special needs individuals. Some of these extra circumstances require additional testing fees and need to be arranged well in advance (usually eight weeks). The details of these arrangements, fees and advance time for the arrangement are available from PTC. The ABNM reserves the right to modify fees without notice. The current fee structure is as follows:
Certification Examination in Neurophysiologic Monitoring - Part I – Written. $600.
Certification Examination in Neurophysiologic Monitoring - Part II –Oral. $800.
After an initial application review, the Review Committee of the ABNM will inform all applicants as to the completeness of the application packet and applicants will be given the opportunity to provide necessary documentation to complete their application. A $150 portion of the application fee for ABNM Part I is a non-refundable processing fee. Refund policies are at the discretion of PTC and the Board of Director's. After completing the application for testing, PTC will notify candidates approximately three weeks before the testing date of final assignments for testing centers by means of an Admission Notice showing the exact address to which candidates should report. This Admission Notice plus some other form of personal photo identification must be presented in order to gain admission to the testing site. A candidate not receiving an Admission Notice at least one week before the test date should contact the Professional Testing Corporation by telephone at (212) 356-0660. Changes in assignments to testing centers can NOT be made later than four weeks before the examination date. The same testing procedure occurs at all sites with candidates expected to report to the testing center by 8:30 AM with the examination beginning at 9:00 AM. Four hours is allowed for the examination with an approximate ending time of 1:00 PM. Latecomers will be admitted to the examination at the discretion of the exam proctor, but will NOT be permitted to write beyond the time scheduled for completion of the examination. PTC has established the following rules for the conduct of the examination. In order to write the examination, candidates must bring several sharpened number 2 pencils with erasers. Hand-held battery or solar operated calculators are permitted, but no signaling devices, including pagers, alarms, and cellular phones may be operative during the examination. No books, electronic databases, or other reference materials may be taken into the examination room. No test materials, documents, or memoranda of any sort are to be taken from the examination room. No questions concerning content of the examination may be asked during the testing period. The candidate should listen carefully to the instructions given by the exam proctor and should read carefully the directions in the test booklet. Candidates will be notified within six weeks whether they have passed or failed the examination. Scores on the major areas of the examination and on the total examination will be reported. The ABNM will release the individual test scores ONLY to the individual candidate. Any questions concerning test results should be referred to the Professional Testing Corporation. If there are questions about the overall process or problems that cannot be resolved with PTC, please contact the ABNM. The Certification Examination in Neurophysiologic Monitoring Part I - Written may be taken as often as desired upon filing of a new application and completion of all application requirements in effect at that time and payment of any fee due at that time. There is no limit to the number of times the ABNM Part I - Written examination may be taken. The number of times the written examination has been taken and whether an individual has passed or failed the written examination will NOT be made available by PTC or the ABNM to anyone other than the individual candidate. |
