Being selected for a CPD audit

How we notify you about audit selection:
- We email you at the start of your renewal window
- A message will be displayed in your online account

If selected, you'll need to:

• Renew your registration and pay the registration fee (as you normally would)
• Submit a CPD profile by the deadline, which shows the activities you have undertaken since your last renewal.
• Provide supporting evidence that shows your CPD meets the standards, including a dated list to help the assessors identify any gaps of more than three consecutive months which have not been accounted for

Completing the audit

You will need to complete and send us your profile by your renewal deadline date. If circumstances mean that you cannot take part in an audit, you can make a request to defer your audit.

You will have approximately three months in which to complete and send us your profile. We will also remind you approximately one month before the deadline. You can find examples of completed CPD profiles on our website.

If you do not send us a CPD profile or any information we ask for as part of the audit process, we may remove you from the Register. You would be able to appeal this decision.

You also need to renew your registration as you normally would – by completing the renewal declarations and paying the registration fee. If you do not renew your registration, we will remove you from the Register.

We may not be able to assess your profile by the end of your registration cycle. If that happens and you have completed your renewal, we will renew your registration in the normal way so that you can continue to practise. We will then continue to assess your profile.

When we have received your profile

When we receive your completed profile, we will check that it is complete (for example, that you have included some evidence). If something is missing, we will ask you for the missing information.

We will ask CPD assessors to assess your CPD profile against the standards. CPD assessors are registrants we appoint and train to assess profiles, and at least one of them will be from the same profession as you. In appendix 3, we have broken down each standard into ‘assessment criteria’ so you can see what meeting and not meeting a standard might look like.

While we are assessing your profile (and if you were to appeal against any decision) you will continue to stay registered and can continue to practise.