IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: LPI CERTIFICATION VALIDITY

[Francis Sarmiento III, MD]

ATTENTION:


LPIC PROFESSIONALS as of 2008, 2009, 2010
SUC PMs
SUC I.T. COORDINATORS


PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY:


With respect to the LPI exam passers from 2008, 2009, and 2010, please
be informed that RECERTIFICATION is recommended after TWO (2) YEARS
from the date of the certification designation to retain a current
certification status.

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those policies as specified by LPI in its website. Further elaboration
will be addressed appropriately by LPI.

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Additional information on LPI Policies on RECERTIFICATION, please
refer below:

More information on other LPI policies at http://lpi.org/eng/certification/policies

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6: Recertification

(Revised December 1, 2006)

Once a person is certified by LPI and receives a certification
designation (LPIC-1, LPIC-2, LPIC-3), recertification is recommended
after two years from the date of the certification designation to
retain a current certification status.

However, to RETAIN an ACTIVE certification status, a certification
holder is REQUIRED to recertify within 5 years of the certification
designation.

Recertification requires that the individual candidate passes all up-
to-date exams that are only required for the highest earned
certification designation.

After successful recertification, the designation status will be
updated to ACTIVE for a period of FIVE years.

When a higher level certification designation is earned, the status of
all lower level designations are considered ACTIVE for FIVE years from
the date of the higher level certification designation.

However, candidates who do not recertify and allow their certification
status to lapse will be required to earn their current and all lower
level certification designations, should they subsequently pursue
reactivating their certification status.

The addition of the designation status of ACTIVE or INACTIVE into the
LPI database began on September 1, 2004. Certification designations
(LPIC-1, LPIC-2, etc.) earned before that date will be subject to the
recertification stipulations as outlined above.

Therefore all certification designations earned before September 1,
2004 will no longer be considered 'lifetime' designations and instead
will only have ACTIVE status from FIVE years from the date of
certification designation.

However, certification designations earned prior to September 1, 2003
will be considered ACTIVE certifications until September 1, 2008.


(Revised September 1, 2009)

Commencing September 1, 2009 a single exam towards the LPIC-1 or
LPIC-2 certification will remain ACTIVE for a period of FIVE years
until the second exam towards the certification designation is
successfully completed.

Since the LPIC-3 certification requires only one exam candidates may
retake that exam or any of the LPIC-3 "specialty" exams (e.g. LPI-302,
LPI-303, etc.) to attain recertification status for LPIC-3.

Therefore the successful completion of a single LPIC-3 "specialty"
exam will recertify the candidate's LPIC-3 level and all other prior
LPIC certifications (e.g. LPIC-1 and LPIC-2).
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