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Accreditation Policies and Procedures of the AVMA Council on Education (COE)
Revised April 2008

34. Procedures for Colleges with the Classification of Limited Accreditation

1. The Dean of the college and the President of the university are notified immediately in writing of the classification status and the reasons therefore.
   
   
2. Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of the final report, the college may initiate appeal proceedings as described in the AVMA Council on Education Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual.
   
   
3. Within one year after the assignment of Limited Accreditation, the college will submit a detailed sequential plan and timetable for action to be taken to meet the requirements for full accreditation.
   
   
4. In January of each year that the college has limited accreditation status, the college will report in detail to the COE the progress made toward correcting the deficiencies cited by the Council, and how the schedule is being followed or changed.
   
   
5. During the period of limited accreditation, the Council may appoint a team to visit the college to report on the progress toward full accreditation.
   
   
6. When time is necessary to correct deficiencies (construction or major renovation of physical facilities), and if the college has presented evidence that it is making acceptable progress toward full accreditation at the end of two years, limited accreditation may be extended for good cause.
   
   
7. At the end of an assigned period of limited accreditation, or earlier at the invitation of the college, the Council will conduct a comprehensive site visit, a focused site visit, or determine that no site visit is necessary to determine the compliance of the college with the standard in question. On the basis of this evaluation the Council must:
   1. Award full accreditation,
   2. Continue limited accreditation, or
   3. Assign terminal accreditation, or
   4. Withdraw accreditation (for accredited foreign colleges)