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When you are ready to apply for accreditation, first make sure that you submit a complete, accurate Accreditation Agreement. Because the Agreement is a required legal document, we cannot
release a final decision regarding the status of your laboratory
without it.
Use the link below to download
the Accreditation Agreement:
[ DOWNLOAD THE IAC ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT ]
All IAC applications submitted after January 1, 2010 will not have their decision rendered without submitting a completed IAC Accreditation Agreement.
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COMPLETING THE ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT
The following items should be given particular attention when completing
the document:
- The current Agreement document must be submitted.
- Photocopies or scanned computer-altered Agreements will not be accepted.
- Be certain to answer all questions.
- The Agreement must be appropriately signed by a person authorized to enter into the Agreement on behalf of the laboratory.
- There is no need to have the signatures notarized.
- If applying for accreditation with more than one of the IAC divisions (i.e., ICANL and ICAEL), an Agreement for each type of accreditation must be completed.
- Any changes to the Agreement must be pre-approved by the IAC and will incur a $200.00 fee.
To avoid any unnecessary delay in notification of, or a lapse in,
your accreditation status, please take care to review each page
of the Agreement before returning it and the appropriate application
fees.
HIPAA COMPLIANCE AND THE ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT
To ensure compliance with the regulations set forth by the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Accreditation Agreement includes a Business Associate Agreement (BA) defining the
IAC as a "business associate" and defining its duties
and obligations as such.
For laboratories using any Business Associate Agreement other than the IAC Business Associate Agreement, the Addendum to Business Associate Agreement must be completed. [Download the Addendum]
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