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CHSPS Authorized Auditor framework · qualification, calibration and scope authorization

Auditors & Validators

Accreditation is only as credible as the people who audit it. The CHSPS Authorized Auditor framework governs who reviews, how they stay calibrated, and the independence lines they may never cross.

Independent reviewers examining documentation, data and evidence during a structured review
Accreditation reviewers examining evidence and performance information during a structured review session
Qualified judgment

Calibration turns expertise into consistent review.

Subject-matter expertise matters, but consistency matters too. CHSPS authorizes reviewers only after qualification review, training and calibration, then monitors performance and conflicts throughout the authorization cycle.

Roles

  • Accreditation Reviewer — evidence evaluation against the Core and program standards
  • Specialty Accreditation Reviewer — clause-based evidence evaluation against CORE-100 and the applicable specialty accreditation standard; reviewers may develop findings but do not make the final accreditation decision
  • Lead Auditor — audit planning, team coordination, findings quality
  • Performance Data Validator — VPD lineage, sampling and reperformance work
  • Technical Specialist — psychometrics, cybersecurity, pharmacy, simulation and similar deep expertise, engaged per file

Authorization lifecycle

Application → qualification review → required CHSPS training → knowledge assessment → observed/simulated audit → supervised audits → authorization → annual calibration, performance review and continuing education → reauthorization — with suspension or termination where required. CHSPS measures its own reviewer consistency through standardized cases, blinded duplicate reviews and inter-rater comparison.

The independence rule

An auditor or validator who provides applicant-specific consulting, pre-approval, measure optimization or advisory services for a scope may not audit that scope or validate its data during the conflict period.

Auditors may

  • Explain requirements
  • Identify the evidence reviewed
  • Issue findings
  • Explain the factual basis of findings

Auditors may not

  • Design the applicant’s solution
  • Rewrite policies or evidence
  • Promise accreditation
  • Coach measure manipulation
  • Be paid on outcome

Interested in auditing for CHSPS? Reviewer recruitment is open for qualified professionals — psychometrics, testing operations, cybersecurity, pharmacy and medication safety, workforce credentialing, clinical education and data validation backgrounds especially. Submit interest via Get InvolvedBoard & Committee ServiceVendors & Partners.

Reviewer quality targets

How CHSPS keeps technical review calibrated

These operating targets define the reviewer-performance profile used for authorization, calibration and oversight.

CHSPS Reference Criteria 2026.1. These are CHSPS-adopted operating/reference criteria for consistent interpretation and quality monitoring. They are not empirical benchmarks, industry norms or automatic accreditation cutoffs unless a normative clause expressly incorporates a value. CHSPS will recalibrate them when sufficient validated operational data are available.
Methodology
AUD-R01

Annual COI/confidentiality attestation

Preferred100%
Watch—
Review< 100%
AUD-R02

Annual calibration participation

Preferred100%
Watch95.0–99.9%
Review< 95.0%
AUD-R03

Calibration agreement on finding severity

Preferred≥ 85%
Watch75.0–84.9%
Review< 75.0%
AUD-R04

Assigned reviews completed on schedule

Preferred≥ 95%
Watch90.0–94.9%
Review< 90.0%
AUD-R05

Quality-check acceptance of written findings

Preferred≥ 95%
Watch90.0–94.9%
Review< 90.0%
AUD-R06

Material confidentiality incidents

Preferred0
Watch1
Review≥ 2

Reviewer authorization & transparency. Only reviewers who meet CHSPS qualification, training, calibration, confidentiality and conflict requirements may be assigned. Applicants receive review-team notice and conflict-challenge rights under CHSPS-AUD-400; reviewer assignments are case-specific rather than implied by a decorative public roster.

Your likely next step: Relying on CHSPS records in your own review work? the standards registry with checksums · technical reports.