Primary 2019 Examinations

SPRING SESSION

2019 Spring exams begin on May 13^th Exams will continue until all registered candidates have been examined. Spring 2019 primary examination in Tucson, AZ will be limited seating/administered, and will begin on June 4^th.

FALL SESSION

2019 Fall exams begin on October 14^th. Exams will continue until all registered candidates have been examined. (Tampa location only)

• The examination application fee includes a nonrefundable administrative fee of $100.
• Additional late filing fees are nonrefundable.
• The AP and CP examinations do not have to be taken within the same examination session considered certified and a diplomate. If an AP/CP applicant takes the AP and CP examinations at different times, there is a separate examination fee for each sitting.
• The ABP accepts credit card payments only (MasterCard, Visa, and American Express). Checks are not accepted. Online payment must be completed before the application can be submitted.
• A candidate for the Spring primary examinations (AP and/or CP) who wishes to apply for a subspecialty examination in the same year must submit the subspecialty application prior to the subspecialty application deadline.
  • If the candidate is successful in the primary examination, the ABP will automatically process the application for the subspecialty examination.
  • If the candidate is not successful, he/she will be notified and the subspecialty examination fee minus the $100 administrative fee will be refunded. A new subspecialty application must be completed for future examinations.
• If the candidate fails the examination, he/she may register for a future examination within the 5-year period of board qualification (refer to your qualification table located in your My Profile tab in PATHway). The candidate must pay the examination fee upon submission of the registration form.
• Date assignments for all examinations are made by the ABP. Primary examination dates for the spring session will be posted to your Board Correspondence Screen in March, for the fall session in September. Special requests for date assignments cannot be accepted. There is no opportunity to change the date assignment within a given examination period (spring or fall).
• Once an examination date assignment is posted to a candidate’s Board Correspondence tab in PATHway, the candidate has two weeks from the date that the assignment is posted to cancel.  If a candidate is unable to accept the date assignment for a primary examination only, he/she must cancel from his/her Board Correspondence tab in PATHway. The examination fee minus a $500 cancellation fee will be refunded to the candidate’s credit card within 2 weeks of cancellation.  If you are registered for combined AP/CP, you do not have the option to cancel one portion of the examination.
• Results are posted to your Board Correspondence tab in PATHway approximately 6 weeks after the final week of exams.

Primary 2020 Examinations

Dates and Information to be announced.

Subspecialty 2019 Examinations

     2019 Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine....................................................September 5^th

     2019 Chemical Pathology.................................................................................September 9^th

     2019 Clinical Informatics...................................................................................TBA

     2019 Cytopathology...........................................................................................August 26^th - 28^th

     2019 Dermatopathology....................................................................................September 10^th - 11^th  

     2019 Forensic Pathology...................................................................................September 4^th

     2019 Hematopathology......................................................................................September 18^th -20^th

     2019 Medical Microbiology................................................................................September 9^th

     2019 Molecular Genetic Pathology...................................................................September 16^th - 17^th

     2019 Neuropathology.........................................................................................August 29^th

     2019 Pediatric Pathology...................................................................................September 12^th

• Exam dates may be subject to change. 
• Exams will continue until all registered candidates have been examined.  

• The examination application fee includes a nonrefundable administrative fee of $100.
• Additional late filing fees are nonrefundable.
• The ABP accepts credit card payments only (MasterCard, Visa, and American Express). Checks are not accepted. Online payment must be completed before the application can be submitted.
• Some subspecialty examinations are given on more than one day, depending on the number of registrants. If that is the case, the examination date assignment will be posted approximately 6 weeks prior to the examination date to your Board Correspondence tab in PATHway.
• A candidate for the Spring primary examinations (AP and/or CP) who wishes to apply for a subspecialty examination in the same year must submit the subspecialty application prior to the subspecialty application deadline.
  • If the candidate is successful in the primary examination, the ABP will automatically process the application for the subspecialty examination.
  • If the candidate is not successful, he/she will be notified and the subspecialty examination fee minus the $100 administrative fee will be refunded. A new subspecialty application must be completed for future examinations.
• If the candidate fails the examination, he/she may register for a future examination within the 5-year period of board qualification (refer to your qualification table located in your My Profile tab in PATHway). The candidate must pay the examination fee upon submission of the registration form.
• Results are posted to your Board Correspondence tab in PATHway approximately 6 weeks after the final week of all subspecialty exams.

Subspecialty 2020 Examinations

Continuing Certification (CC) Examinations

• ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, JUDGMENT, AND SKILLS