Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Board of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery › Board of Podiatry - General Rules › Part 3 - EDUCATIONAL AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS › Section R. 338.8113 - Accreditation standards for approval of schools of podiatric medicine and residency programs; institutions of higher education; adoption of standards by reference

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 113.
(1)
					 The board approves and adopts by reference the standards for accrediting
					 colleges of podiatric medicine developed and adopted by the Council on
					 Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) of the American Podiatric Medical
					 Association (APMA) and entitled -Standards and Requirements for Accrediting
					 Colleges of Podiatric Medicine,- CPME 120, adopted October 2021, implementation
					 date October 15, 2021. A copy of the standards and requirements is available at
					 no cost from the council-s website at
www.cpme.org
. A copy of the standards and
					 requirements also is available for inspection and distribution at a cost of 10
					 cents per page from the Board of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Michigan
					 Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, 611 West Ottawa, Lansing,
					 Michigan 48909. The board considers any school of podiatric medicine accredited
					 by the CPME of the APMA as a school of podiatric medicine approved by the
					 board.
(2) The board approves and
					 adopts by reference the standards for approval of residency programs developed
					 and adopted by the CPME of the APMA entitled -Standards and Requirements for
					 Approval of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residencies,- CPME 320, July 2018. A
					 copy of the standards and requirements is available at no cost from the
					 council-s website at
www.cpme.org
. A copy of
					 the standards and requirements also is available for inspection and
					 distribution at a cost of 10 cents per page from the Board of Podiatric
					 Medicine and Surgery, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs,
					 611 West Ottawa, Lansing, Michigan 48909. The board considers any residency
					 program approved by the CPME of the APMA as a school of podiatric medicine
					 approved by the board.
(3) A higher
					 education institution is considered approved by the board if it is accredited
					 by the accrediting body of the region in which the institution is located and
					 the accrediting body meets either the recognition standards and criteria of the
					 Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the recognition procedures
					 and criteria of the United States Department of Education. The board adopts by
					 reference the procedures and criteria for recognizing accrediting organizations
					 of the CHEA, approved September 24, 2018, and the procedures and criteria for
					 recognizing accrediting agencies of the United States Department of Education,
					 revised July 1, 2020, as contained in 34 CFR Part 602 . Copies of the standards
					 and criteria of the CHEA and the United States Department of Education are
					 available for inspection and distribution at a cost of 10 cents per page from
					 the Board of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of Professional Licensing,
					 Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, 611 West Ottawa, P.O. Box
					 30670, Lansing, Michigan 48909. The CHEA recognition standards also may be
					 obtained at no cost from the council-s website at
http://www.chea.org
. The federal
					 recognition criteria also may be obtained at no cost from the department-s
					 website at
CFR-2020-title34-vol3.pdf
					 (govinfo.gov).