Laboratory Personnel Credentialing Recommendations

•All clinicians working in the EP laboratory have a responsibility to achieve and maintain the recommended credentials and continue medical education to optimize patient care. •It is recommended that any non–CCEP-certified physician who wants privileges for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation should complete formal training in this field as defined by the COCATS criteria, achieve certification of Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician (CCDS) from the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE), and maintain an adequate volume of device implants to meet hospital-based credentialing criteria. •For the benefit of patients, it is paramount that physicians be held to a high performance standard and that remediation, withholding recredentialing, or revocation of privileges occurs if criteria are not met.