The defined education-provider system
The organization’s controlled system for needs assessment, design, faculty, delivery, learner assessment, records, evaluation and continuous improvement within the approved scope.
General accreditation pathway · CHSPS-EDP
Education Provider Accreditation
At a glance
- Total to get accredited
- $3,900initial review, all-in; includes the $950 application fee
- Every year after
- $1,200annual accreditation fee
- Typical time to decision
- About 3–6 monthsplanning target, application to decision
- Accreditation term
- 3 years
Eligibility review is free. You pay nothing until eligibility is confirmed and an agreement is signed.
One accreditation for your whole education operation. CHSPS reviews how your organization designs, delivers, assesses and improves its continuing education — so every eligible offering you produce inside the approved scope is covered by one independently reviewed system.
501(c)(3) nonprofit · Standards published · Independent decision · Publicly verifiable
Total cost
Standard: CORE-100 + EDP-300 · Term: 3 years · Fee Schedule 2026.1What a typical applicant pays$3,900initial system review, all-inIncludes the $950 application fee. No other fee is required to reach a decision.
How long it takes≈ 3–6 monthsPlanning target, application to decision. Your scope and how quickly findings are answered set the actual pace.
- To get accredited
- Eligibility reviewFreeBefore anything else
- Application fee$950When you sign the applicant agreement; counts toward the $3,900
- System review balance$2,950When you submit your evidence
- To keep it
- Annual accreditation fee$1,200Each anniversary while accredited
- Re-accreditation review$2,600Every 3 years
- Only if it applies
- On-site visit travelAt costOnly if a visit is required; virtual review is the default
Optional, not required: Accreditation Readiness Workshop, $395 per seat or $1,495 for five seats; Independent Accreditation Readiness Review, $1,500. Neither is needed to apply, and neither affects the decision.
Eligibility review is free. You pay nothing until eligibility is confirmed and an agreement is signed.Full EDP fee table →
Fit and next steps
Who it’s for, and how it works
A good fit
- Continuing-education providers and CE departments
- Associations, academies and training companies running a recurring catalog
- Internal training units that want one review across many offerings
Not the right fit
- A single course you want reviewed on its own — see Course Accreditation
- A professional certification program — see CERT
- Structured on-the-job training with supervised sign-off — see WBL
- Free eligibility reviewAbout 5 minutes to submit. CHSPS sends a written outcome, targeted within 10 business days after a complete inquiry.
- Scope & agreementCHSPS confirms the scope in writing. You sign the applicant agreement and pay the $950 application fee, credited toward the $3,900 total.
- Evidence & technical reviewYou submit evidence and the $2,950 review balance. Conflict-screened reviewers evaluate it, and you can answer any findings.
- Independent decisionA separate committee makes the decision, and accredited scope becomes publicly verifiable. Planning target: about 3–6 months from application to decision.
CHSPS accredits
The provider organization’s education system: governance, planning, delivery, assessment of learning and improvement across its offerings.
CHSPS does not accredit
Individual courses by themselves, credentials issued by others, or business units outside the defined scope.
What reviewers evaluate
Six review domains
Educational governance
Ownership, planning authority and content-integrity controls.
Needs & planning
Offerings built from identified practice gaps and target outcomes.
Content & faculty
Qualified faculty and evidence-based, balanced content.
Delivery & engagement
Formats and methods that support actual learning.
Assessment of learning
Meaningful measurement of what learners can do.
Evaluation & improvement
Outcomes tracked and fed back into the system.
See if your program qualifies.The eligibility review is free and takes about 5 minutes. You pay nothing until eligibility is confirmed and an agreement is signed.
Check eligibility — freePreparing an internal approval? The executive guide covers cost, timeline, risk and the questions your board will ask. Executive Guide for Accreditation Buyers →
Public accountability resources: governance and decision bodies · verify any accreditation by number · standards free to read in full · free reconsideration & appeals.
Continuing education accreditation, at organization level
Organizations that produce continuing education and professional training across many offerings use Education Provider Accreditation as their continuing education accreditation: one independent review of the provider-level system — governance, faculty standards, instructional design, learner assessment and improvement — covering eligible offerings produced and controlled within the approved scope. Prefer the plain-language version first? Read the EDP requirements, explained.
CHSPS-EDP-300 · Program clarity
Know exactly what EDP accreditation covers.
Organizations operating repeatable continuing education and professional learning systems.
No blanket organizational claim
Every unrelated activity of the organization, an individual instructor, or an activity outside the approved provider scope.
Scope is explicit and verifiable
A defined education-provider system and the activities delivered under that system within the approved scope.
Published Standard 2026.1
The EDP pathway is active. Standard 2026.1 is published and has been effective since August 19, 2026. Eligibility and scope inquiries remain open year-round; CHSPS confirms the governing edition in writing. Term: 3 years.
Standard stack: CHSPS-CORE-100 + CHSPS-EDP-300. Inquiry, application, preparation, payment or review activity is not accredited status. Only a final CHSPS decision and current official verification record establish accredited status.
Who it’s for
Organizations with a repeatable education engine
This pathway reviews the defined education-provider system — how you identify learning needs, design instruction, qualify instructors, deliver, assess learning and keep records — rather than treating every course as separately accredited. It fits associations, training companies, academies and internal-training units offering education across health, safety and professional practice.
- Continuing-education providers and CE departments
- Professional development academies
- Safety and compliance training organizations
- Associations running recurring education catalogs
Scope of review
What reviewers examine
Needs & outcomes
How you determine what learners need and write measurable learning outcomes.
Design & content control
Instructional design methods, content accuracy review, and conflict-of-interest control over content.
Instructor qualification
How instructors and SMEs are selected, prepared and evaluated.
Delivery & engagement
Whether delivery methods fit the outcomes, including virtual and on-demand formats.
Assessment of learning
How you know learning happened — and what completion actually certifies.
Records & improvement
Completion records, credit issuance, learner data protection and evaluation-driven improvement.
Practical details
Timeline, cycle and scale
- Planning target: approximately 3–6 months from application to decision
- Cycle: 3 years, with annual reporting
- Sampling: reviewers sample live courses from your catalog as evidence the system works
- Accredited status covers education produced under the reviewed system and scope
Published first-cycle pricing
- Eligibility inquiry
- $0
- Application fee
- $950
- System review
- $3,900 total
- Balance at evidence submission
- $2,950 after application-fee credit
After accreditation: $1,200 annually. Re-accreditation review: $2,600 on the three-year cycle. See the complete Fee Schedule 2026.1 for portfolio, late, reinstatement and payment terms.
Which education pathway fits?
- EDP: the organization’s defined education-provider system.
- Course Accreditation: one named course or educational program.
- EDP + Course: the provider system plus separately reviewed flagship offerings.
Combined applications receive coordinated review and combined-fee treatment.
After accreditation
Maintenance procedure
Maintaining EDP accreditation
Accreditation is a continuing relationship. ACC-109 governs the common maintenance cycle; CHSPS-CORE-100 + CHSPS-EDP-300 continues to govern the accredited scope throughout the term.
Keep the record current
The consolidated annual report confirms continuing operation and highlights changes that may affect conformity. Scope-specific prompts may focus on:
- learner and educational-activity volumes
- changes to curriculum systems, delivery technology or assessment
- learner complaints, accessibility issues and material incidents
- commercial support / conflict-control changes where applicable
- evaluation, outcomes and quality-improvement activity
- material faculty, vendor or organizational-system changes
Report material changes
Notify CHSPS before implementing a change that could affect conformity. Examples for this accreditation can include:
- provider scope or educational mission
- delivery model or learning technology
- assessment, completion, credit or certificate controls
- commercial support / conflict-management system
- material vendor arrangements
- governance or quality-management system
Revalidate the living system
Renewal is not a blank restart. Current records can carry forward when still valid; the organization revalidates the current standards, implementation and performance, including:
- needs-assessment and curriculum-design system
- content currency and instructional-personnel controls
- learning, assessment and completion integrity
- learner support, accessibility, privacy and records
- evaluation/outcome evidence and improvement
- vendor, financial-capacity and ongoing-compliance controls
Planning guidance, not extra requirements.The examples above organize likely maintenance questions around the published standard domains. ACC-109 and the applicable controlled standards remain the authoritative requirements.
Prepare with CHSPS education
Get accreditation-ready faster
Optional, separately operated education designed to help applicants prepare for the evidence stage.
Independence safeguard: CHSPS education is never required to apply, does not satisfy accreditation requirements by itself, and is not disclosed to or considered by accreditation decision-makers.
Free · live
CHSPS webinars
Free webinars on the Core Requirements, the EDP standards and the review process, listed here as they are published.
See webinars$395 · live workshop
Accreditation Readiness Workshop
Two half-days of guided gap analysis method with worked examples, templates and a planning workbook.
View workshop & enroll$1,495 · team bundle
Readiness Workshop Team Bundle
Five seats for the current readiness workshop, with the published workshop materials and team participation included.
Enroll a teamTechnical Reference CriteriaFor quality leaders and technical teams who want to examine CHSPS interpretation ranges in greater depth.
Quantitative reference profile
What a mature education-provider system should be able to monitor
These published reference criteria support internal quality management and consistent CHSPS review. They are maintained through controlled measure review and are distinct from empirical benchmarks derived from qualified validated datasets.
View all six EDP reference criteria
Content-review currency
Preferred≥ 98%
Watch95.0–97.9%
Review< 95.0%
Faculty disclosure conformance
Preferred100%
Watch98.0–99.9%
Review< 98.0%
Completion-record accuracy
Preferred≥ 99.5%
Watch98.0–99.4%
Review< 98.0%
Objective-to-assessment alignment
Preferred≥ 95%
Watch90.0–94.9%
Review< 90.0%
Learner evaluation response
Preferred≥ 50%
Watch30.0–49.9%
Review< 30.0%
Improvement actions closed on time
Preferred≥ 90%
Watch80.0–89.9%
Review< 80.0%
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Before you apply
Questions buyers ask first
What does it cost, all-in?
$3,900 for the initial review: the $950 application fee when you sign the applicant agreement, then the $2,950 review balance when you submit evidence. After that, $1,200 a year and a $2,600 renewal review every 3 years. The eligibility review is free.
How long does it take?
The free eligibility review targets a written outcome within 10 business days after a complete inquiry. From application to decision, the planning target is about 3–6 months; your scope and how quickly findings are answered set the actual pace.
What do we need to start, and what evidence comes later?
Nothing to upload. Step 1 asks only for your name, email and organization; the rest of the form covers scope, operating status and readiness, in about 5 minutes. Formal evidence comes after the agreement is signed: educational governance, needs and planning, content and faculty, delivery, assessment of learning, and evaluation and improvement.
Can organizations outside the United States apply?
Yes. CHSPS is a United States–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit; organizations in any country may apply.
What if we are not eligible?
Every eligibility review ends in a written outcome: Eligible, Potentially Eligible — Additional Information Required, or Not Eligible, with the specific thresholds not yet met. There is no charge for the review, and if a different CHSPS pathway fits better, the review says so.