Accreditation Resources

Accreditation Policies and Procedures

The CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures have been updated and will go into effect as of January 1, 2018.  Click on the following links to view the revised Accreditation Policies:


CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual - clean (Effective 1-1-2018)

CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual - clarification 3-2018 (Effective 1-1-2018)

CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual - with changes (Effective 1-1-2018)

CoARC Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual - clarification 3-2018 - with changes (Effective 1-1-2018)


An Accreditation Process Flow Chart is available for guidance on CoARC's accreditation process.

A Frequently Asked Question(FAQ) is available for guidance regarding the change in status from "Letter of Review" to "Provisional Accreditation" which took effect on March 24, 2012.

A Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) is available for guidance regarding the deletion of the "Initial Accreditation" status which took effect on January 1, 2015.

Programs may notify CoARC of Voluntary Withdrawal of Accreditation at any time for all activities of the program or for any program options by using the Voluntary Withdrawal Request Template.