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The Accreditation Committee

The Accreditation Committee is a standing committee of the APC. The Accreditation Committee:

i. develop Accreditation Standards for Australian and New Zealand university programs on behalf of the pharmacy profession and submit new Standards and amendments to the Pharmacy Board of Australia for approval.
ii. develop Accreditation Standards for Australian and New Zealand intern training programs (ITPs) on behalf of the pharmacy profession and submit new Standards and amendments to the Pharmacy Board of Australia for approval.
iii. develop criteria for the authorisation of suitable organisations to accredit providers of continuing professional development on behalf of APC.
iv. assess pharmacy university programs, ITPs and authorisers of CPD programs against the Accreditation Standards and Criteria respectively and make recommendations to APC to accredit/authorise where indicated.
v. evaluate Australian and New Zealand pharmacy schools, including inspection by site evaluation teams appointed by the Accreditation Committee; consider reports of its evaluators; and make recommendations to the APC
vi. evaluate Australian and New Zealand ITPs and the authorization of organisations to accredit providers of continuing professional development (CPD) programs including site audits, consider audit reports and make recommendations to the APC
vii. seek PCNZ input when making recommendations to Council regarding New Zealand pharmacy schools and ITPs
viii. undertake any other task referred to it by the Council.

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