Indiana is the first state in the United States to legislate State Certified Administrative Professionals. 

 

HISTORY             

In 2014 Indiana House Bill 1303 came to the attention of Indiana resident Sharon Katterjohn CAP-OM. This bill established a certification registry for trade professions with the ultimate goal to provide Indiana State Certification.

 

In May, 2015 Governor Pence signed Indiana House Enrolled Act No. 1303 (HB 1303) and effective July, 2015 amended Indiana Code IC 25-1 concerning professions and occupations and establishes an Indiana Certification Registry as part of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. 

 

On October 21, 2016 International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) members Sharon Katterjohn, CAP-OM and Rhonda Schenk, CAP-OM presented the IAAP Application for Indiana State Certification to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The application was approved November 23, 2016.  Both Sharon and Rhonda inaugurated the new on-line application system and are now Indiana State Certified Administrative Professionals (CAP00001 and CAP00002).

 

This endeavor took over two years and IAAP’s Certification Advisory Board is now Indiana’s approved standard for certifying administrative professionals.  The single qualifying factor for Indiana State Certification is holding the IAAP credential of Certified Administrative Professional (CAP).

 

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CAP HOLDERS IN INDIANA?

You can now apply online at http://www.in.gov/pla/3931.htm and click on Privately Certified Registry to become an Indiana Certified Administrative Professional.  Be sure to add this to your resume! 

 

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CAP HOLDERS IN OTHER STATES?

If you are interested in carrying an Indiana State Certification, you can apply to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.  Presently there are no reciprocity restrictions. 

 

For further questions, please feel free to contact either Sharon at skatterjohn@vectren.com or Rhonda at rschenk@flandersinc.com.   

Wow, that is very interesting.

Melissa, are you familiar with how CAP is treated in Tennessee under state government? it's very cool.

This is super exciting! May I share your post with members of my organization on an internal website we have at MetLife that I created strictly for assistants? I'll keep your name at the bottom to give you credit, too and say I found this on IAAP site.

How is it treated in TN? I'm wondering if we have something like that here for NY/NJ. How would I find out?

Melissa, thank you for sharing this exciting news!

And BIG thanks to Sharon Katterjohn, CAP-OM and Rhonda Schenk, CAP-OM for pursuing this in your state! What a fantastic way to promote IAAP and our professional certification program!

2-03-17 It's my understanding the Tennessee program is a program for state employees only.
Under HB 1303 the Indiana Certified Administrative Program was legislated as part of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) who has oversight of the program. Certifications follow PLA guidelines to re-license/re-certify every two years. The main qualification to gain Indiana approval required a "Supporting Organization" that administers and recertifies credentialed professionals. In our case, the IAAP Certification Board that has existed since 1951 meets that qualification. The Indiana PLA confirms each applicant with our IAAP Certification Board to insure current CAP status.
Yes, any IAAP member should feel free to post this Press Release. Thank you for commenting.
Sharon Katterjohn, CAP-OM

Hello Gloria,

Please do share this post with your organization.

Everyone,
Feel free to share in your company and through social media. Next week it will be posted on IAAP's LinkedIn and Facebook.

We are very excited about this and can't thank Sharon and Rhonda enough for their hard work in making this happen.

Thank you,
Barbara

Our thanks to Barbara and Melissa as well!

This is some very exciting news, indeed! Congratulations to Sharon and Rhonda. Thank you for sharing, Melissa.

Very exciting news; thanks to all for taking the charge on this effort. Can't be more proud to be part of IAAP.

Congratulations!