Approved: Revision to Accreditation Participation Requirement, Certification Participation Requirement, and Verification Participation Requirement
Effective July 1, 2025, ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ has revised APR.01.03.01, EP 1 for all accreditation programs; CPR.02, EP 1 for all certification programs; and VPR.02, EP 1 for the Maternal Levels of Care verification program. The revision requires organizations to report any changes in required licensure (for example, state licensure) to ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ within 30 days of the change.
The revised EPs will be posted on the Prepublication Standards page of ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥’s website and published online with the spring 2025 E-dition® update to all Comprehensive Accreditation Manuals, all Comprehensive Certification Manuals, and the Verification Manual for Maternal Levels of Care.
For more information, please contact ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥’s .
Publication Standards:
Accreditation Programs
- Assisted Living Communities (ALC)
- Behavioral Health Care and Human Services (BHC)
- Ambulatory Health Care (AHC)
- Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
- Hospital (HAP)
- Laboratory (LAB)
- Nursing Care Center (NCC)
- Office-Based Surgery (OBS)
- Home Care (OME)
Certification Programs
- Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care (ACPC)
- Comprehensive Cardiac Center (CCC)
- Centralized Sterilization Services (CSS)
- Health Care Equity (HCE)
- Health Care Staffing Services (HCSS)
- Integrated Care Certification (ICC)
- Advanced Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
- Medication Compounding Certification (MDC)
- Patient Blood Management Certification (PBM)
- Responsible Use of Health Data Certification (RUHD)
- Sustainable Healthcare Certification (SHC)
- Advanced Ventricular Assist Device Certification (VAD)
- Disease-Specific Care Certification (DSC)
- Palliative Care Certification (PCC)
- Maternal Levels of Care Verification (MLC)