Section R. 338.8113 - Accreditation standards for approval of schools of podiatric medicine and residency programs; institutions of higher education; adoption of standards by referenceRule 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).Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.8113
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