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ADVANCE Perspective: Sleep

Breaking News: BRPT to Offer Certificate-Level Exam

Published September 3, 2009 10:00 AM by Mike Bederka

With the goal of establishing a tiered credentialing system in sleep technology and enhancing the professional growth of the field, the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists now will offer the CPSGT, a certificate-level exam. A certificate holder will be a Certified Polysomnographic Technician.

The new certificate will not be a prerequisite to sitting for the RPSGT exam, but rather is being offered as an entry-level certificate for those entering the sleep field, the BRPT stated.

The CPSGT will be offered for the first time in March 2010. The certificate will be time-limited and valid for 36 months, within which time a certificate holder must earn the RPSGT credential, or the CPSGT certificate expires.

Readers- What do you think? What does this mean for the future of the sleep profession? And would you consider taking the CPSGT exam?

Read the BRPT's full news release here.

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