Austin Area AORN

POLICY

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE FOR CHAPTER MEETINGS

Purpose	To assist program attendees in recording their contact hours for relicensure and/or certification/recertification.
Definition	Due to a new policy of AORN regarding CNE approval, there is tighter enforcement of contact hours by AORN, Inc. for programs.

Responsibilities:

1. The program committee has the sign-in roster at the door upon entering the meeting room.

2. Certificate of attendance forms will be awarded at the comletion of each program.

3. An evaluation form must be submitted to the program committee prior to receiving a certificate of attendance for contact hours.

4. Members of the program committee will distribute certificates in alphabetical groups.

5. If an attendee is not a member of AORN, their name, address and phone number will be handwritten at the bottom of the membership roster.

6. If the attendee is not a member of AORN or another nursing or allied health association the attendee will be charged $5.00 per CEU certificate.

7. Each attendee is to insure that their name is documented prior to leaving the program.

Revised: 6/6/89, 4/2002

Original: 2-89