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Are you ready to apply for accreditation? Before you send your laboratory's application for review, make sure that you have completed and enclosed 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.

Applying for reaccreditation? Approximately 12 to 15 months prior to your accreditation's expiration date, a reaccreditation notification letter will be sent to the attention of the Medical and Technical Directors. A newly completed Agreement is required in conjunction with every reaccreditation.

Are you using the most current version of the Agreement? The download link below provides the most current version of the 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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DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL IAC ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT
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[NOTE: For laboratories using any Business Associate Agreement other than the IAC Business Associate Agreement, the Addendum to Business Associate Agreement must be completed.]
Download Addendum

 

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., ICAVL 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.

Laboratories wishing to use a BA other than the IAC BA are required to download and submit the IAC Addendum to the Business Associate Agreement [above].


ALL LABORATORIES WITH AGREEMENT OR OWNERSHIP CHANGES
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Have Questions About The Agreement?

LEGAL QUESTIONS
Please direct all legal questions concerning the Agreement to the ICAMRL

GENERAL QUESTIONS
General questions about the agreement may be directed to Pat Catalano via email.

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