Neurocritical care medicine
Providing care for critically ill patients with neurological diseases and conditions
ABPN will administer the NCC Exam in 2021 and 2022 and then every even-numbered year after that
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Standard Registration
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Exam Retake
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Registration requirements
Diplomates must:
- Hold an unexpired license to practice medicine or osteopathy in at least one state or jurisdiction of the United States or province of Canada that is permanent, unconditional and unrestricted. Further, every United States and Canadian medical license the registrant holds must be free of restrictions
- Hold at least one ABA certification
- Meet MOCA requirements
- Have fulfilled the temporary criteria/practice pathway
- Attest to their current privileges and clinical activity in neurocritical care (practicing it, on average, at least one day per week during 12 consecutive months over the previous three years)
- Be capable of performing the entire scope of the neurocritical care practice independently without accommodation or with reasonable accommodation
Eligibility Pathways
You may qualify to take the exam via a “temporary criteria” or practice pathway for the first six years the Neurocritical Care Exam is administered. After that time, you will have to complete a fellowship training pathway to be eligible.