Bob DBF
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I'm not sure about that. The CPR cert is needed to get the Rescue cert, but the Rescue cert doesn't require any continuing CRP certification. After all, all the cert says is that some time in the past you satisfied the standards. Kind of like a DM cert. You are always a DM whether you stay current and insured or not.
You hold the DM cert, however you can not act as a DM unless you fulfill the proffessional requirements. For the Rescue cert to be valid, the DM would have to be CPR current, that would be a proffessional requirement. I don't see how that requirement would be different for anyone else.
A friend of mine is a Doctor, he can no longer practice medicine, however it does not stop anyone from using his title when addressing him. Then, of course, there are doctors that are not MDs, so they don't have that issue.
Bob