BSA Changes in Advancement and Merit Badge Requirements

The requirements for Rank Advancement, Eagle Palms, and Merit Badges are effective January 1st through December 31. The requirements listed on this site are the official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America.

If a Scout has already started working on a Rank or Merit Badge when a new edition for the Handbook or Pamphlet is introduced, he may continue to use the same requirements fulfill the requirements the badge. He need not start all over again with the new changes and revised requirements.