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(BACB®) . All rights reserved.  \nThe BACB® periodically reviews eligibility, examination, and maintenance requirements for its certification programs to ensure that they reflect changes in professional practice and the current state of the applied behavior analysis profession. These periodic reviews involve committees of subject matter experts (SMEs) who serve as the guiding force behind recommendations for new and revised requirements. Because the profession has undergone substantial change in recent years and the Registered Behavior Technician®(RBT®) certification requirements have not been reviewed since 2017, SME committees were convened in 2022 and 2023 to review RBT eligibility, examination, and maintenance requirements for relevance to current practice. The following sections describe the review process, the current requirements, and the approved changes that will go into effect in 2026. We note that the RBT Ethics Code (2 . 0) was not reviewed because it was recently implemented in 2022 (see the July 2021 BACB Newsletter) .  \n2026 RBT Examination  \nJob Task Analysis  \nJob task analysis (JTA) is the predominant method for developing  \nhigh-stakes examinations for professions, and it has been used in the development of all BACB examinations. The JTA process includes developing a draft Test Content Outline (TCO), vetting the draft TCO using a content-validation survey, and finalizing an examination blueprint. This process began in February 2022 and was facilitated by Pearson VUE psychometricians. It involved multiple SMEs, facilitated by BACB staff, who were responsible for TCO content review and revision. The SMEs represented a diverse range of professional roles, career stages, geographic locations, genders, races/ethnicities, and practice areas to ensure that there were a variety of perspectives involved in the discussions. All SMEs were certified at the RBT, BCBA®, or BCBA-D® level.  \nThe development of the draft RBT TCO (3rd ed.) began in a 2-day virtual meeting in February 2022. In the meeting, a 12-member SME committee received training on the JTA process and its purpose, reviewed numerous data sets related to RBT certification, and reviewed the evolution of RBT  \nBACB Newsletter: December 2023 | 1  \ncertification requirements. After extensive discussions about RBT certification and the role of behavior technicians in the profession, the SMEs thoroughly reviewed the RBT Task List (2nd ed.) and used it asthe basis for the new TCO. After 2 days of discussion and consensus-based decision-making, the SMEs produced a draft TCO, ready for content validation. Accordingly, in May 2022, the draft TCO was sent via email to all current RBT certificants and RBT Supervisors in a content-validation survey.  \nSurvey respondents were presented with the draft TCO’s task statements and were asked to assess their importance and frequency in practice. 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