Retirement Designation
Retirement Designation
When you earned your Certified Disability Management Specialist® credential, you joined the best of the best.
Stay in the game as long as you can—on your own terms.
The Commission™'s CDMS-R™ retirement credential allows a non-practicing CDMS® to remain flexible about their future. CDMS-R permits retired certificants to regain full CDMS® status without re-taking the exam. If your retirement status changes and you wish to regain the use of your CDMS® certification, you would simply need to meet the renewal criteria and pay the renewal fee at the time of reinstatement.
Choosing the CDMS-R leaves the door open to reactivate your CDMS® in case you want to return to the workforce within your renewal period (5 years from the expiration date). For example, if you return to full-time work, part-time work, volunteering, mentoring, or consulting, you would have the option to renew without re-taking the exam.
- A CDMS® may 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 on the date of payment.
- 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.
- If you are providing consulting or other services using your CDMS® certification, you should NOT select the retirement designation, but should continue to maintain the CDMS® certification.