WHAT IS DELAYED ACCREDITATION?
After the review of a laboratory's accreditation
application, the Board of Directors renders an accreditation
decision. One of four decisions will be made: granted,
provisional grant, delayed, or denied.
A delayed decision means that there are significant issues,
deficiencies or lack of adherence to the ICACTL Standards
that must be addressed by the laboratory before it can be granted
ICACTL accreditation. A provisional grant bestows a one-year
accreditation in order to allow time to correct minor deficiencies,
such as less significant items missing from protocols, policies,
and reports, and/or deficiencies in CME.
The laboratory will be notified in writing of
the Board's accreditation decisions within two to three weeks
after the Board meeting. This letter will outline the reasons
for the delayed decision and include the documentation that
must be submitted in order to correct the lack of adherence
to the ICACTL Standards.
CHANGE IN POLICY: DELAYED LABORATORIES
[Applies to all applications received after 9/1/2008]
Upon receiving a delayed accreditation decision, the laboratory will:
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have one year to provide the additionally requested documentation demonstrating adherence to the Standards as outlined in the accreditation notification letter
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be permitted to submit one set of delay material to be reviewed by the applicable IAC division, free of charge
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be assessed a $200 review fee if, after providing the additional material, the laboratory still has not demonstrated compliance and further information is required
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have a maximum of only three delay material submissions to demonstrate compliance; if continued non-compliance is documented after review of the three resubmissions, the laboratory will be required to fully reapply for accreditation and undergo a complete application review. (Note: Each testing area in which a lab applies is considered independent and allowed a total of three submissions each.)
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All accreditation fees are non-refundable and will be due at the time of subsequent application submissions.
To learn more, please see Change In Policy: Delay Status, that appeared in the Autumn 2008 issue of the IAC newsletter >>
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO AVOID DELAY
There are several steps that laboratories can take
to increase the likelihood that accreditation is attained without
any delay.
- Version of The ICACTL Standards. Verify that your laboratory is adhering
to the current edition of the ICACTL Standards. This
can be achieved by ensuring that the revision date on your
materials, listed in the footer of every page, matches the
edition posted for download on the ICACTL website.
- Case Studies. Be certain that all case studies document
your laboratory's adherence to the ICACTL Standards
and meet the application requirements for submission.
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