First Draft of Proposed New Standards Released!

The first draft of the proposed Accreditation Standards for the Profession of Respiratory Care have been approved by the Board of Directors at the March meeting in Bedford and are now available for public comment.  Click here to get more details regarding these proposed Standards.

CoARC 2008 Year In Review Released!

Our annual newsletter to the education community is now available.  Click here to find out what CoARC has accomplished in the past year!

CoARC Accreditation Policies Updated!

Revisions to the Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual has been approved by the Board of Directors at the March meeting in Bedford.  Click here to view a summary of the policy changes which are now in effect.

2009 AARC Summer Forum Presentations.

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CoARC Survey Instruments have received minor updates.

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CoARC Site Visitor Manual has been updated.

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CoARC announces its decision to become an independent accreditor!

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The due date for the 2009 Annual Reports of Current Status is

September 15th.

The 2009 data column will be available on August 1st.

The Thresholds page has been updated to include a revised definition of positive (job) placement.

The Self Studies have been updated to include minor revisions.

The full-page format of the Resource Assessment has been discontinued.  Programs should be using only the Resource Assessment Matrix (RAM) format.