recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

plural recertifications

: the act or process of certifying or being certified again

… a bill that will require the unions to petition for recertification if their membership drops below 50 percent of those eligible to participate.

—Zac Anderson

Examples of recertification in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This decrease is largely due to lower Medicare recertifications in home health. —Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024

The agency will then open up recertification on Oct. 1, Peckinpaugh said. —Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024

Instead of approving the application, Lara invited public input on the recertification and received a slew of comments from insurers and others who do not generally embrace Consumer Watchdog’s efforts. —Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024

The nonprofit had seen its recertification as an intervenor in rate cases — usually a routine process — put on hold earlier this year by the California Department of Insurance. —Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

recertification

noun

re·​cer·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌsərt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: the act of having one's certification renewed

recertify

(ˈ)rē-ˈsərt-ə-ˌfī 

verb

recertified; recertifying