Retirement Designation
CDMS certificants who are retiring from active practice may choose the retirement designation, which changes the CDMS certification to an honorary designation, the CDMS-R. CDMS-R status enables the individual to stay on CDMS’s email list to receive updates from the field of disability management. The fee for the CDMS-R status is $100 every 5 years.
If you have an active CDMS certification and choose to retire your credential, the CDMS-R start date will begin the day after your current certification expires. A CDMS may also go into retirement status up to nine months after the expiration date on their certificate. If a CDMS has an expired certification and chooses to gain retirement status in that nine-month timeframe, the CDMS certification start date will begin the day after the certificate expiration date.
If your retirement status changes and you want to re-activate your CDMS credential, you must meet the criteria in effect at the time you were scheduled to renew. This would include completion of all CE credits and meeting all ethics requirements, in addition to paying the renewal fee when you reinstate. Another option to reinstate is to retake the CDMS exam.
If you believe that you may provide consulting or other services in the future using your CDMS certification, you should NOT select the retirement designation, but should continue to maintain the CDMS certification.
- To initiate the retirement status, please complete the retirement request form.
- To reinstate your CDMS credential, please complete the retirement reinstatement form.
- Email the completed forms to info@cdms.org or FAX to 856-439-0525.
For those CDMS-Rs that decide to reinstate their CDMS as outlined above, your effective certification start and end dates will be as follows:
| Reinstatement Month | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| April - July | Date of Reinstatement | September 30 |
| August - November | Date of Reinstatement | December 31 |
| December - March | Date of Reinstatement | March 31 |
Retirement status is valid for 5 years. At the end of the period, those who have chosen the retirement designation have the option to renew as a “retired CDMS” or renew as a “CDMS” per the guidelines above.
NOTE: If an individual is providing consulting or other services using their CDMS certification, he or she should NOT select the retirement designation, but should continue to maintain the CDMS certification.