| The Council responds to public requests for accreditation or preaccreditation by providing the Accreditation Policies and Procedures manual. The identity of the Council's principal administrative staff is published in the Accreditation Policies and Procedures manual.
The Council and/or AVMA staff offers consultation to any US or Canadian college with special needs concerning accreditation or reasonable assurance evaluation.
AVMA will evaluate and assign a classification of accreditation to any college of veterinary medicine at the request of the dean of the college and the chief executive officer of the parent institution. The accreditation procedure consists of the following:
- Receipt of written request for accreditation.
- Receipt and review of appropriate reports submitted by the college.
- A site visit to the college by the site visit team.
- Preparation of a report of evaluation by the site visit team.
- Review of the evaluation report by the full Council on Education.
- Assignment by the full Council of a classification of accreditation.
- Reevaluation at intervals of no more than seven years or after any major change in faculty, facilities, or curriculum.
- Upon written notification a college may postpone or cancel a scheduled accreditation site visit or may withdraw from the accreditation process at any time.
In addition, the Council will, at least annually, publish a list of all accredited colleges, including the classification of each and the date of last evaluation.
A college may withdraw its request for initial accreditation at any time prior to the final action by the Council.
Procedures for reaffirming, changing, revoking, or reinstating accreditation statuses are identical with steps two through six above. Accreditation will be withheld only for cause, after review, or when a college does not permit reevaluation after due notice.
Upon request, the Council will consider evaluation of an existing, proposed, or newly established college. The Council and/or AVMA staff offers reasonable consultation to any college with special needs concerning accreditation.
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