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Assay Assay

For Practitioners

How to register

Registration is a short process. It confirms that you are eligible, fixes your Practitioner’s Mark, and records the undertakings you give in return.

The process

  1. Step 1

    Confirm eligibility

    Registration is open to an individual who performs AI implementation work and is prepared to stand behind it personally. There is no requirement to hold a particular qualification or to work for a member firm; the requirement is that the work you put forward for assessment is your own, and that you are willing to be named against it.

  2. Step 2

    Choose your mark

    Select one shape — shield, rectangle, arch, oval, lozenge or cushion — and one or two initials. The Foundation checks the pairing for legibility and for distinctness from marks already registered, and reserves it to you.

  3. Step 3

    Give the undertakings

    Agree to the standard of work and the conduct rules: that work put forward for assessment is built to be tested, that you will not misrepresent the scope of a Hallmark or claim a certification that has not been granted, and that you will attach the mark only to work you stand behind. The undertakings are set out in the Hallmark Regulations.

  4. Step 4

    Confirmation

    The Foundation confirms the registration and records your mark. From then on your mark can appear in engagements put forward for independent assessment, and on the Register against every engagement that passes.

The undertakings, the conduct rules, and the grounds on which a mark may be suspended or withdrawn are governed by the Hallmark Regulations. Where a registration lapses or is withdrawn, engagements already on the Register remain; the record is permanent by design.

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