All training for initial certification must have been completed within the past five years. Continuing education for certification renewals needs to be completed within the renewal period.
For all continuing education hours, please submit a certificate of attendance or participation from an approved training organization that includes the following information:
- Name of training organization(s) and/or sponsor(s)
- Title of training/conference
- Date(s) of training/conference
- Name of participant/attendee
- Hours of attendance/participation
The training organizations listed below are pre-approved for Nevada Certification Board (NCB) continuing education hours. Please select training that is relevant to your certification and scope of practice, or it may be rejected. Please refer to the competencies on this page if you have questions.
If you would like to see another training organization approved by NCB, please email:
- Jordan Baez and /or Ezra Rose for peer recovery and support specialist (PRSS) certifications and endorsements.
jbaez@casat.org, erose@casat.org
- Natalie Powell for community health worker (CHW), Doula, or prevention specialist certifications and endorsements.
npowell@casat.org
Cultural Competency/Cultural Humility and self-care and wellness continuing education hours, including burnout prevention and compassion fatigue are highly encouraged for all certifications.
Free, Approved, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Trainings
Approved Training Organizations/Sponsors for All Certifications
- AAA CEUS (Prices range)
- ACE Interface
- Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network
- ASTHO E-Learning Center
- Beginning Doula Course- Birth Doula Certificate, UNLV
- Birthing Advocacy (BADT)
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
- Cardea
- Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)
- CASAT
- Ce4less: Ceus Online
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
- Childbirth International
- Comagine Health
- Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA)
- College of Southern Nevada
- Doulas of North America (DONA)
- Doula Training International
- Expert Rating (Doula)
- ECE Training & Professional Development | Nevada Registry
- Faces & Voices of Recovery
- Foundation for Recovery
- HealtheKnowledge
- High Sierra Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
- International Doula Institute
- Join Together Northern Nevada – JTNN
- Larson Institute – Making Health Happen
- Mental Health America
- Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network
- NAADAC
- NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness (Any location)
- National American Indian & Alaska Native PTTC
- National Hispanic and Latino PTTC
- National Prevention Network Annual Conference
- Nevada Coalition to END Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCEDSV)
- Prevention Solutions
- Nevada Community Health Worker Association
- Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
- Nevada Homeless Alliance
- Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention
- Nevada Public Health Association
- Nevada Public Health Foundation
- Nevada Public Health Institute
- Nevada Public Health Training Center
- The Nevada Registry
- New England Public Health Training Center
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Ohio Mental Health & Addiction Services E-based Academy
- Opportunity Alliance Nevada
- Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
- Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network (any region)
- Prevention Training Services
- Prodoula
- Project ECHO Nevada
- Relias Academy
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI
- Tall Cop Says Stop
- Truckee Meadows Community College
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Nevada, Reno | School of Medicine
- VA Southern Nevada Health Care | Veterans Affairs (for internal PRSS training only)
- Nevada Medicaid
- Walk The Talk America
- Western Region Public Health Training Center
- Washoe County Health District
- Zephyr Wellness
- Quantum Units Education
NCB Certified Specialist Competencies
Community Health Worker Competencies
Certified Birth Doula Competencies
Peer Recovery and Support Specialist Competencies
Prevention Specialist Competencies
For all NCB initial applications and certification renewals, please allow up to ten (10) business days for approvals of any application steps/submissions in your online application in the Certemy system. If you have been waiting for more than ten (10) business days, please email NCB at contactus@nevadacertboard.org or call (775) 784-1282