Certification: Board Certification (advanced)
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American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI), Board Certification (advanced) is available to experienced Registered medicolegal death investigators who have mastered all aspects of medicolegal death investigation. Applicants must be currently certified at the ABMDI Registry Level and in good standing for a minimum of six months, have an associate degree or higher from a post-secondary education institution that is recognized by a national educational accrediting agency, have a minimum of 4,000 hours of death investigation experience in the past six years, and be currently employed in a Medical Examiner or Coroner office or equivalent federal authority with the job responsibility to conduct death scene investigations or supervise such investigations. Applicants are required to pass a written exam.
- More than two years of education or training after high school required?
- Yes
- More than two years of work experience required?
- Yes
- Oral or Written Exam Required?
- Yes
- Renewal Required?
- Every 5 Year(s)
- Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
- Yes
- Renew through Re-Examination?
- No
- Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
- No
- Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
- No
Advanced
The certification has an education level of an Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree or higher and has a work experience requirement of more than 2 years, or requires obtaining a ‘core’ level certification from the same organization.
- This certification is related to military occupational specialties.