AI governance & assurance system
The organizational system used to control consequential AI within the approved scope.
Specialty accreditation pathway · CHSPS-AIG
AI Governance & Assurance Accreditation
At a glance
- Total to get accredited
- $5,500all-in; includes the $1,250 application fee
- Every year after
- $1,500annual accreditation fee
- Eligibility answer
- 10 business dayswritten-outcome target after a complete inquiry
- Accreditation term
- 3 years
Eligibility review is free. You pay nothing until eligibility is confirmed and an agreement is signed.
For health systems, life sciences and other organizations that build or rely on consequential AI — independent review of accountability, validation, human oversight, monitoring and lifecycle change.
501(c)(3) nonprofit · Standards published · Independent decision · Publicly verifiable
Fit and next steps
Who it’s for, and how it works
A good fit
- Health systems, life sciences and pharmacy organizations using consequential AI
- Organizations that develop, provide, deploy or operate AI
- Credentialing and education organizations with high-responsibility AI
Not the right fit
- Integrity of consequential assessments — see HSAI
- Remote exam administration — see REA
- Learner-facing AI tutors only — see AI Learning & Tutor Assurance
- 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 $1,250 application fee, credited toward the $5,500 total.
- Evidence & technical reviewYou submit evidence and the $4,250 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. The review timeline is stated in writing at scope confirmation, before you pay anything.
Step 1 · Find the right pathway
Is AIG the accreditation you actually need?
AIG evaluates the organization-level governance and assurance system for consequential AI. Other CHSPS pathways address narrower AI contexts.
Health systemsLife sciencesPharmacyCredentialingEducationHigh-responsibility enterprise AI
Organization-wide consequential AI governance
AIGInventory, risk, validation, human oversight, monitoring, vendors, incidents and lifecycle control.
High-stakes assessment integrity
HSAIIntegrity system surrounding consequential examinations and assessment decisions.
Remote examination administration
REARemote proctoring, identity, administration, technology and AI-assisted monitoring.
Learner-facing AI
ALTAI tutors, feedback, instructional support and assessment-boundary controls.
Step 2 · Define the accredited scope
One AIG accreditation. A role profile and scope that match your responsibilities.
Public verification identifies the entity, role profile, covered AI systems or use categories, sites or services, and explicit exclusions.
Defined AI uses and operations
Named systems, use categories, consequential functions, business units, services and sites.
No blanket product or company claim
Individual practitioners, every AI product automatically, unrelated uses, or activity outside the approved scope.
CORE-100 + AIG-610
Edition 2026.1 · continuous eligibility intake · 3-year accreditation term.
Developer & Provider profile
Evidence follows the product and model lifecycle.
Expect deeper review of design controls, data governance, validation, release criteria, model/version traceability, customer limitations, monitoring commitments, incident handling and material change.
Step 3 · Technical review
12 assurance domains cover the consequential-AI lifecycle.
Reviewers test documented controls against operating evidence, records, demonstrations, interviews and lifecycle tracers.
Governance & accountability
Authority, owners, competence, decision rights and management review.
AI inventory & classification
System, vendor, version, intended use, owner, affected population, impact, risk and monitoring.
Intended use & boundaries
Purpose, users, limitations, unsupported uses and approval boundaries.
Data governance
Provenance, quality, representativeness, access, privacy and lineage.
Risk & impact assessment
Pre-use and change-triggered analysis of foreseeable harm and residual risk.
Validation & fitness for use
Acceptance criteria, relevant test conditions, results, limitations and revalidation.
Human oversight
Qualified review, authority to challenge, override or stop, escalation and automation-bias controls.
Fairness & affected parties
Bias and fairness evaluation, access, complaint signals and remediation proportionate to risk.
Transparency & traceability
Records sufficient to reconstruct versions, approvals, decisions and human actions.
Third-party AI & vendors
Due diligence, contracts, evidence access, change and incident notice, and continuity.
Monitoring, incidents & CAPA
Performance and drift signals, incident response, root cause, corrective action and effectiveness.
Change, release & retirement
Material-change review, revalidation, rollback, release, retirement and preserved history.
Operational audit
Review follows AI through real lifecycle decisions.
The evidence record is tested end to end, not as a policy-only exercise.
Lifecycle tracer: inventory → classification → intended use → validation → approval → deployment → monitoring → material change.
Incident tracer: signal → investigation → containment → root cause → CAPA → effectiveness review.
Vendor tracer: due diligence → evidence access → contract controls → change notice → monitoring → continuity.
Material-change tracer: new model/version/data/use → impact assessment → revalidation → approval → rollout or rollback.
Step 4 · Eligibility & fees
Confirm readiness before you pay an application fee.
The first eligibility and scope review is free. Formal fees begin only after CHSPS confirms the proposed scope and the agreement is signed.
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Accountable organizationA legal entity or defined business unit owns the AI governance system.
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Defined consequential-AI scopeSystems, roles, use categories, services/sites and exclusions can be identified.
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Operational governanceThe governance framework is implemented, not merely planned.
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Reviewable lifecycle evidenceInventory, risk, validation, oversight, vendors, monitoring, incidents and change records exist.
Published specialty fee flow
Eligibility$0
Fit and preliminary scope confirmation.
Application$1,250
After confirmed scope and signed agreement.
Evidence submission$4,250
Balance when the formal evidence package is submitted.
Total initial specialty review$5,500
You do not pay $5,500 upfront.
Step 5 · Accreditation process
One seven-stage CHSPS process.
AIG uses the same institutional accreditation pathway as every CHSPS program, with AI-specific evidence and tracers.
- 01Free Eligibility Review
Confirm pathway fit, role profile and proposed scope.
- 02Scope & Agreement
Finalize covered entity, AI systems/use categories, services/sites, exclusions and fees.
- 03Self-Study & Evidence
Map CORE-100 and AIG-610 to inventory, risk, validation, oversight, monitoring and lifecycle evidence.
- 04Technical Review
Review documents, records, samples, interviews, demonstrations and lifecycle tracers.
- 05Findings & Corrective Action
Address requirement-linked findings with objective evidence and effectiveness checks.
- 06Independent Decision
Decision-makers separate from technical review evaluate the complete record.
- 07Public Verification & Maintenance
Approved scope is published and then maintained through annual reporting, material-change duties and renewal.
Step 6 · Organizational value
What AIG accreditation gives stakeholders.
Independent AI governance assurance
External evaluation beyond an organization's own responsible-AI declarations.
Lifecycle control
Governance from inventory and validation through monitoring, change and retirement.
Human accountability
Evidence that consequential use remains subject to defined human authority, challenge and escalation.
Publicly verifiable scope
Stakeholders can verify exactly which organization, role and AI scope CHSPS reviewed.
Before you decide
Use AIG when the governance system itself is the assurance target.
Use HSAI for consequential assessment integrity, REA for remote examination administration, and ALT for learner-facing AI. AIG is the organization-level AI governance pathway.
Step 7 · After accreditation
Maintaining AIG accreditation
AI systems change quickly. Accredited governance must remain current, traceable and effective throughout the term.
Keep the AI assurance record current
- AI inventory and risk-profile changes
- validation and monitoring status
- performance and drift signals
- human-oversight activity
- incidents, CAPA and effectiveness
- critical vendor and dependency changes
Report changes that could affect conformity
- new consequential models or systems
- major model/version/data changes
- expanded intended use or affected population
- new sites, services or consequential functions
- vendor/platform changes
- automation or human-oversight changes
Revalidate the living governance system
- governance and inventory
- risk and intended-use controls
- validation and human oversight
- fairness, transparency and vendors
- monitoring, incidents and CAPA
- change, release and retirement evidence
Target renewal submission: 6 months before expiration. A new product, site or AI use is not automatically within accredited scope.
Optional applicant support
Preparation and evidence tools stay separate from accreditation decisions.
Optional preparation & evidence toolkitExpand ↓
1 · Confirm scope
Entity, role, AI systems/use categories, sites and exclusions.
Entity, role, AI systems/use categories, sites and exclusions.
2 · Build the inventory
Owner, version, intended use, impact, oversight, validation and monitoring.
Owner, version, intended use, impact, oversight, validation and monitoring.
3 · Map governance & risk
Accountability and risk/impact assessment.
Accountability and risk/impact assessment.
4 · Validate before reliance
Acceptance criteria and fitness-for-use evidence.
Acceptance criteria and fitness-for-use evidence.
5 · Operationalize oversight
Human intervention, escalation and records.
Human intervention, escalation and records.
6 · Control lifecycle change
Monitoring, vendors, incidents, rollback and retirement.
Monitoring, vendors, incidents, rollback and retirement.
7 · Run readiness review
Map evidence, sample operations, close gaps and document leadership review.
Map evidence, sample operations, close gaps and document leadership review.
Applicant Preparation Guide
Step-by-step evidence map and pre-submission checklist.
Download guide →Editable evidence tools
Inventory, risk, validation, monitoring, incident/CAPA and vendor templates.
Open toolkit →Evidence examples & common gaps
Walk through AIG-610 readiness without pre-approval of evidence.
Open preparation center →Impartiality safeguard: preparation materials explain requirements and provide general tools. They do not pre-approve evidence, guarantee an outcome or influence accreditation decision-makers.
Published standard · Edition 2026.1
CHSPS-AIG-610
Normative AIG requirements, role applicability and evidence expectations are controlled in the published specialty standard and used with CHSPS-CORE-100.
Before you apply
Questions buyers ask first
What does it cost, all-in?
$5,500 for the initial specialty review: the $1,250 application fee when you sign the applicant agreement, then the $4,250 review balance when you submit evidence. After that, $1,500 a year and a $3,500 renewal review every 3 years. A concurrent additional specialty scope in the same organization is $2,750. 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. CHSPS does not publish a single planning target for this pathway; the review timeline is stated in writing at scope confirmation, before you pay anything.
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: AI inventory, risk, validation, human oversight, monitoring and lifecycle evidence.
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.
Does accreditation cover every AI tool we use?
No. Only AI systems, use categories, functions, sites or services explicitly included in the approved scope are represented as accredited.
Ready when you are
Start with a free AIG eligibility review.
Tell us what consequential AI your organization develops, provides, deploys or relies on. We will confirm pathway fit, role profile and proposed scope in writing before application fees begin.
CHSPS is an independent accreditor. CHSPS is a United States–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit; organizations in any country may apply.