During the last week of the<\/strong> term before<\/strong> you will be entering your practicum (externship<\/strong>) complete the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n After successful completion of your practicum (externship) and after grades have been posted for that term.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you have completed the above steps and the Department of Health has your application materials, it can take 2-6 weeks for your certification to be issued. This is at the State level; the College does not have control over the issuance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the first week of the term that you will be entering your practicum (externship) complete the following steps:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":306,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3957,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308\/revisions\/3957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/ahe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1. Verify that you have completed ALL required courses and prerequisites for graduation (other than the externship you are currently enrolled in).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2. Complete the Professional Technical Degree\/Certification application for graduation<\/a> (select \u201cCertificate of Achievement\u201d from the options); this is the process that allows the college to identify (list) your certificate on your transcript.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. If you have any transfers, substitutions or waivers<\/a>; ensure they have been processed.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
4. Verify issuance of your certificate (this usually takes 2 weeks AFTER the end of the term it was validated), it will be indicated on the bottom of your transcript, \u201cPhlebotomy Certificate\u201d.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5. Complete the Washington State, Department of Health, MA-Phlebotomy Certification application<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6. Request that official transcripts be sent to the Department of Health directly<\/strong> from Bellevue College, per page 5 of the State application, item 7(A). (This is why you should verify the certificate, step (4) above.)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
7. Send your completed Washington State Application, along with any fees or other documentation to the Department of Health (their address and information is in the packet \/ application).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n