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  • Additional Requirements for PBi Certification

    Once you are done with the main PBi Placenta Encapsulation Training Course, you are not yet PBi Certified. There are a few more steps to earn your full Certification.

    • Take the PBi Certification Course
    • Complete 3 placenta encapsulations using the PBi method of encapsulation
    • Turn in 3 certification survey forms completed by your clients (within the past 6 months)
    • Obtain a food handler's card from your state or province
    • Complete a Bloodborne Pathogens training course
    • Agree to abide by PBi's Code of Conduct (required for US and UK Specialists, recommended for all)
    • Renew your Certification every year (1 certification survey form required annually for renewal; current food handler's card from your state)

    All of these steps and information are available in the Certification Course. Once you are ready to move forward with your PBi Certification, we will help you get there!
    Please note: this course is free for PBi members at the Premium and Standard levels, and is only available after you have completed the Placenta Encapsulation Training Course.

     

    •   PBi Standards of Practice

      If you are only interested in the Placenta Encapsulation Specialist Training Course, you can go through the training course and disregard our Standards of Practice.

      However, this could make you ineligible to become a member of PBi, or earn your PBi Certification (CPES).

      Federal Regulations

      PBi's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are on file with the US FDA, and meet or exceed food safety requirements for all US states. These SOPs also meet or exceed the standards of practice required by the governmental health organizations for Canada, Australia, and the UK. PBi is currently the only training organization that meets the requirements for all of these countries.

      In the United States

      In the US, there are many state laws that govern the preparation of food items for sale, beyond federal issues regulated by the FDA. PBi members and Certified Specialists in the United States are bound to abide by all the laws of their state that apply to their placenta encapsulation services business. If you feel your business operation is within legal guidelines that lie outside our SOPs, you would simply need to submit copies of that documentation for us make an exemption for your placenta services business, and you could then still earn PBi Certification.

      Outside the United States

      PBi members in other countries are required to abide by the health regulations and governance that would apply to them. We have worked with many of the oversight agencies in several countries, and will absolutely help you get set up to operate legally in your area. UK Specialists: Our SOPs are on file with the FSA, and we have been told that if you follow our training and protocols, you can prepare placentas for clients. We will continue to work with them as they develop their regulations.

      Safety First!

      PBi's primary responsibility is to mothers - our Specialists' future clients. PBi Specialists operate 100% within the laws of their state and country. Please consider becoming a member of PBi, and earning your PBi Certification.

      In short, since 2006, we have worked with many governmental health organizations on the federal, state and county levels, in the US and abroad. The Standards of Practice put in place by PBi were developed to keep mothers safe, AND to keep our Specialists safe. We highly recommend you follow them, even though we can only require it of our PBi members and Certified Specialists in the US and the UK.

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      PBi Standards and Code of Conduct File

      Required for our PBi members and Certified Specialists.

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        PBi Membership and Certification

      Please note: You can attain your PBi Certification without ever becoming a member of PBi. You can be a member of PBi without ever going on to earn your PBi Certification.

      PBi Membership and PBi Certification are two different things.

      • Membership gives you resources to help you run your business;
      • Certification is ongoing training and oversight.

      PBi Membership

      If you would like to be listed in PBi's Provider Directory, have us promote your services and give you ongoing business and practical support, then we welcome you to become a member of PBi. Membership means that you agree to abide by the PBi standards of practice.
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      PBi Certification

      If you don't want to be a PBi member, but still want to continue your training and become a PBi Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, you will also be expected to abide by our Standards and Code of Conduct.

      PBi Certification is another step you can take to assure your clients that you are serious about your placenta encapsulation services business, and will be held accountable for those services. Accountability is from your clients, who voluntarily complete a survey form answering questions about the services you provided. This documents to PBi and to yourself that your clients felt you provided them a high level of service, cleanliness during the process, and also offered them adequate postpartum support after creating their capsules.