Studio Certification Program

PASS’s charge is to minimize disease transmission and production disruption through centralizing policymaking and program implementation. The objective of this Certification Program is to ensure the necessary stewardship and coordination from industry stakeholders in order to appropriately address disease prevention to legitimize policy, streamline programming, enact timely interventions and emergency responses, and optimize the use of resources. 

It is not PASS’s ambition to require anything extraordinary. The certification program is about being clear with expectations and shared commitments: certification makes it plain to the industry what they can expect from PASS and the studios involved.

A public list of certified studios will be maintained by PASS and certification mark usage will be granted to program participants for use in marketing materials.

Compliance Requirements for Studios

    1. Orientation: Attend a mandatory PASS orientation session that instructs on PASS testing guidelines, production hold protocols, and 

    2. Work Clearance Verification: It is the responsibility of the Studio and its representatives to verify that all performers involved have been CLEARED to work per PASS testing guidelines.

    3. Compliance with Production Holds: In the event PASS issues a Production Hold, participants must halt all content creation involving sexual activity where transmission risk is a possibility. Resumption can only occur once the hold is lifted by PASS.

    4. Communications: Participation in the certification program requires active engagement with PASS updates and crisis response. The following is required:

      1. Provide and regularly update contact information for the person(s) responsible for managing health and safety information at Studio.

      2. Make a good faith effort to attend semi-annual PASS studio update meetings, where PASS will discuss current challenges and program and policy updates.

      3. Make a good faith effort to attend PASS emergency town halls that require urgent response.

If you are interested in being a part of PASS’s Studio Certification program, please email PASS Executive Director Ian O’Brien at ian@passcertified.org.