* Current active tournament and/or club directors certified by the NSA who join NASPA are “grandfathered” in. I.e., they are automatically certified as tournament and club directors by NASPA.
* If you are not a past NSA director, you can take a written test and undergo an apprenticeship, as explained in our [[director certification]] page. There are certain limitations based on age of apprentice.
The criteria for maintaining certified director status and for restoring a lapsed certification are also set by the [[Tournament Committee]] and the [[Club/Director Committee]]:
* A certified director must be a member in good standing of NASPA. A director can lose his/her good standing through a disciplinary process, or by having an overdue account with NASPA.
* When significant changes are made in [[Official Tournament Rules]] and/or [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]], directors may be required to retake the director test as a review at no charge. This can be done by email, or when the online test is implemented, online.
== Resources for directors ==