Process for Accreditation
Process for Accreditation (99-08-M)
The OSMA has prepared several documents which explain and/or facilitate the process of the various phases of accreditation of intrastate providers of CME. These documents are identified below:
Inquiries/Potential Applicants Seeking Accreditation
- Letter of Inquiry
- An Overview of the Application Process for Accreditation
- Pre-Application for Accreditation
Process for Accreditation
- Follow-up letter for new applicants or reaccreditation letter for current providers
- Copy of CME Manual provided for new applicants
- Procedures for the On-Site Survey
- Documentation of the OSMA Essential Areas, Elements & Policies
Following Accreditation Decisions by the Focused Task Force on Accreditation
- Letter to institution/organization informing them of the accreditation decision (including strengths and/or weaknesses of CME program)
(CRR Criteria 3.5a., 3.5c, 3.6. and 3.7.)
Observation of an Activity in Progress (00-07-B)
Initial Applicant
As part of the initial application process, a provider seeking accreditation must have a portion of the continuing medical education activity reviewed by the on-site survey team.
Re-accreditation Applicant
As part of the resurvey for CME accreditation, it will be necessary for the survey team to view a portion of the educational activity when a provider has the following accreditation status: non-accreditation, probationary accreditation or full accreditation of two (2) or three (3) years.
It will be optional to have the survey team view an educational activity when a provider has the following accreditation status: full accreditation of four (4) or six (6) years. The chair of the survey team and/or the Focused Task Force on Accreditation may request that a provider schedule the on-site survey with review of an educational activity at their discretion.