Official Board policy states that the BONENT Executive Office:

• Can only speak to exam applicants regarding application details.
• May not discuss any application with managers, supervisors educators, co-workers or family members.

Overview
BONENT Certification Examinations may be offered at various locations throughout the United States as well as worldwide, upon request. Examinations can be administered anywhere, any time there are five qualified candidates to take the exam.

The candidates may be a combination of Hemodialysis Technologists/Technicians, Hemodialysis Nurses and Peritoneal Dialysis Nurses.

BONENT encourages certification; therefore, proctors are required to be a BONENT-certified nurse or technologist/technician, a physician, a dietitian, or a renal social worker. These requirements are necessary to prevent any breach of security of the BONENT examination process.

Host Responsibilities
The Host Facility may not limit the examination to those candidates from the Host Facility. All accepted candidates for certification who wish to appear at the scheduled examination must be accommodated. All examination sites are closed to further applicants 45 days prior to the examination date.

The following responsibilities apply to the Hosting Facility:

• Arrangement for appropriately-qualified proctors to administer the BONENT examinations.
  
  
• Ability to accommodate any and all individuals who have been accepted as candidates for certification and are scheduled by the BONENT Executive Office for examination on the date set by the Sponsor and approved by the BONENT Host Review Committee.
  
  
• Coordination with the Supervising Proctor to secure a suitable examination room and accommodations/arrangements that include:
  
  1. appropriate lighting, ventilation and accessibility
     
     
  2. classroom style with individual seating is ideal for test taking. If individual seating is not available, a standard six (6) foot table is acceptable allowing seating for two people to each six (6) foot table
     
     
  3. large enough examination room to allow a minimum of six (6) feet between examinees.
     
     
  4. tables and chairs or armchair desks with a writing surface of at least 12”x 14” in sufficient number to accommodate all examinees.
     
     
  5. an examination room that is located near public restrooms.
     
     
  6. pencils, a pencil sharpener, a clock, and blackboard/eraser board.
     
     
  7. a four (4) hour period for completion of the Certified Hemodialysis Nurse examination; three (3) hour period for completion of the Certified Hemodialysis Technologist/Technician examination and the Certified Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse examination.

For security purposes, no facility's owner or director can be a proctor for BONENT examinations.

All ADA requests for examinations require that the Supervising Proctor be a BONENT Board member, Regional Representative, or an individual designated by the BONENT President.

Examination Date
A set examination schedule is determined each year by the BONENT Board of Directors.

If an examination date is requested outside of the set examination schedule, a $200 Host fee (if applicable) is required to accompany the host application for review and approval by the Host Review Committee.

BONENT will accommodate Host requests when feasible to both parties. In the event the Host request is denied, the $200 Host fee will be returned.

To host an examination, the sponsor submits the Host Form, along with their résumé to the BONENT Executive Office a minimum of 90 days (120 days international examinations) prior to the examination date.

Proctors and assistant proctors are required to submit their biographical information, résumé or Curriculum vitae and a signed confidentiality statement.

All candidates taking that examination must submit a completed application and the examination fee to the Executive Office. All application materials and the fee should be mailed to the BONENT Executive Office and must be postmarked no later than 45 days prior to the scheduled examination for which the candidate wishes to appear.