Effective July 2019, those ABPN diplomates currently certified in a multidisciplinary subspecialty administered by an ABMS member board other than the ABPN now have the option of following the lead of the administering ABMS member board regarding their primary certification requirement. Under this policy, requirements for diplomates who hold ABPN-administered subspecialties have not changed. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the only ABPN-administered subspecialty which does not require maintenance of primary certification. Please refer to the requirements tables below.
Subspecialty | Administrative Board | Must Maintain Primary Certification? |
Brain Injury | ABPMR | Yes |
Pain Medicine | ABA | No |
Sleep Medicine | ABIM | No |
Subspecialty | Administrative Board | Must Maintain Primary Certification? |
Addiction Psychiatry | ABPN | Yes |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | ABPN | No |
Clinical Neurophysiology | ABPN | Yes |
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry | ABPN | Yes |
Epilepsy | ABPN | Yes |
Forensic Psychiatry | ABPN | Yes |
Geriatric Psychiatry | ABPN | Yes |
Neurocritical Care | ABPN | Yes |
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities | ABPN | Yes |
Neuromuscular Medicine | ABPN | Yes |
Vascular Neurology | ABPN | Yes |
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