Interim accreditation status remains until the program is reviewed and accepted for full accreditation. Programs that achieve Recognized New Program status have five years to submit their application for full accreditation. The two programs currently up for full accreditation will be advised of their accreditation status before the universal acceptance date of May 4, 2001. Presently, there are a total of 27 genetic counseling programs within the United States and Canada that have full accreditation, interim accreditation, or are recognized new programs. Once accredited, programs submit an annual report.
Accreditation is awarded for a maximum of six years.
After six years, a new accreditation application is submitted. Recertification Several new graduate volunteers have entered their logbook cases for a trial run of our new on-line application process. So far, things are progressing very well. Cases can be entered one by one as they are accumulated, or all at once. Applicants will be able to make changes in their logbook up until the final time of submission of the logbook.