What happens in an ASHA CEU audit

How ASHA picks people

ASHA audits certificate holders at random. The audit checks that you earned your 30 hours in your 3-year interval. ASHA's audit FAQs.

You find out right after you submit your Compliance Form online. Sent the form by mail or fax? ASHA tells you by email.

Asked ASHA for an extension? Then ASHA audits you for that interval and for the next one too.

What to send if you are picked

1. A completed Certification Maintenance Record Keeping Form (PDF from ASHA).
2. A copy of the certificate of completion for each course you counted.
3. ASHA also lists a "Copy of the college transcript (if appropriate)."

You have 60 days from ASHA's notice to send them to the ASHA National Office. ASHA's audit steps.

Once ASHA has your documents, it says it will tell you your certification status within 2 weeks.

If you use ASHA's CE Registry

ASHA says Registry users with at least 3.0 ASHA CEUs (30 hours) on the Registry in their 3-year interval don't send anything if they are picked. Your Registry transcript is your proof. ASHA's Registry FAQs.

Fewer than 30 hours on the Registry? Then you keep your own records and send them like everyone else.

The CE Registry is optional. It costs $28 a year for ASHA members and $38 for nonmembers. ASHA on the CE Registry.

What to keep now

Don't send certificates early. ASHA says documents sent with or before your Compliance Form "will be discarded." Wait until ASHA tells you that you were picked. ASHA's audit FAQs.

Keep a certificate for every course you count. ASHA says each one should show your name, the course title, the provider, the date you finished and the hours.

Provider gave you no certificate? Ask them to fill in and sign ASHA's Verification of Attendance Form. ASHA says that without proof like this, a course can't count toward your 30. ASHA's Record Keeping Form.

Want a running list of your hours? See the tracker preview.

Hours, CEUs and your records

ASHA counts your 30 in hours. 1 hour is 0.1 ASHA CEU, so 30 hours is 3.0 ASHA CEUs. ASHA says all types of credit can count toward your 30, not only ASHA CEUs. ASHA on PDHs.

A course counts on the day you finish it, not the day you start.

Still missing your 1 hour in ethics or your 2 hours in cultural responsiveness, self-reflection or collaboration?

These free courses are on demand, so you can start today. 5 have an ethics topic and 19 cover cultural responsiveness, self-reflection or collaboration (Content Area 2).

Topic matches. The Topic match column shows which ASHA area the course topic fits. You decide whether a course counts.