Hospice and Palliative
Accrual for
Recertification
(HPAR)
for CHPPN, CHPLN, CHPCA
What is HPAR?
Certificants who meet the requirements may renew their
certification through an alternative recertification process known
as the Hospice and Palliative Accrual for Recertification (HPAR).
The process requires the accumulation of points of professional
development activities over the preceding four years. Points can be
accrued through continuing education, academic education,
professional publications, professional presentations, precepting
students, orienting staff, and volunteer service in healthcare-related
organizations. Each category varies as to how the points are
calculated and how many of the total points can be obtained in that
category. Each activity must correlate with the test content outline.
More details and instructions are in the HPAR packet.
What is required?
Page 2 gives an overview
of the requirements.
Where do I begin?
Does the process seem
daunting? Take it one
step at a time.
The Table of Contents
gives an overview of the
process and documents
you will need.
For a quick preview…
…of categories, look at the Summary Log at the end of the packet.
You are not required to submit points in every category. Note that
some limitations are imposed on the number of points that may be
accrued through certain activities.
Plan your
activities
early in your
certification
period.
Be sure to read
the application
deadline chart
and become
familiar with the
dates involved.
When you are ready to fill in your
log sheets…
Each category has a separate
log sheet, referencing the specific
instructions in the early part of
the packet.
What information is required on a log
sheet?
Your certificate will have information you need
for your log sheet.
Date
Your certificate will have information you need
for your log sheet.
Title
Your certificate will have information you need
for your log sheet.
Provider
Your certificate will have information you need
for your log sheet.
Accrediting Agency
The “Policy and Instructions” section of the
HPAR packet gives details about accrediting
agencies.
Accrediting Agency
Your certificate will have information you need
for your log sheet.
Contact Hours
The points are explained on the log sheet.
Points
Fill in the Test Content No./Letter using the
outline provided in the packet.
There are separate log sheets for each category.
If you need more than one sheet for a category,
you may make copies.
Is there another option besides
filling in the log sheets by hand?
The PDF file provided online does not allow typing,
but if you would like to type in the information,
please request the HPAR packet as a Word file.
Call the National Office at 412-787-1057 or
email us at hpcc@goHPCC.org.
Is there another option besides
filling in the log sheets?
You also have the option to keep track of your classes online and
to print your record to document your professional
achievements. Continuing Education (CE) tracking provides a
transcript with a list of all courses you have completed. Included
in the transcript are all the professional development categories
required for the HPAR process. You may select appropriate
activities and print a transcript. This transcript may be submitted
in place of the category logs in the HPAR packet. In addition to
your printed transcript you must include the “SUMMARY LOG”
from the HPAR packet. To access CE tracking, go to
www.goHPCC.org, look under Certification, then Resources and
click on CE tracking in the drop-down menu.
See our other PowerPoint to help you with CE tracking details.
What do I need to submit?
Before submitting your application you should be certain to have
the following things completed:
•Application
•Fee
•Category log forms or CE tracking
transcript
•Summary log