Section 338.3903. Accreditation standards; adoption by reference.

(1) The advisory committee approves and adopts by reference the standards  for   accrediting    environmental   health    baccalaureate

programs developed and adopted  by  the   national  environmental   health science and protection accreditation council, effective June 24, 2006, and entitled "Undergraduate Guidelines." The guidelines are available free of charge from The National  Environmental   Health  Science  and  Protection Accreditation Council, 2632

SE 25th Ave., Suite D, Portland, OR 97202 or from the council's website at http://ehacoffice.org at no cost. Copies of the  guidelines  are available for inspection and distribution at cost from the Michigan Advisory Committee  on  Sanitarians, Bureau    of   Health

Professions, Department of Community Health, 611  West  Ottawa,   P.O.  Box 30670, Lansing,  MI   48909.   The   advisory  committee  shall   deem    as approved any baccalaureate program in environmental health accredited by the national environmental health science and protection accreditation council as an environmental health educational program.

(2)   The  advisory  committee   approves  and  adopts   by  reference    the standards for accrediting environmental health graduate programs developed and adopted by the national environmental health science and protection accreditation council, effective August 1, 2006, and entitled "Guidelines for Accreditation of Environmental Health Science and  Protection  Master's Graduate Programs." The guidelines are available free of charge from The National Environmental Health Science and  Protection Accreditation Council, 2632 SE 25th Ave., Suite D, Portland, OR 97202 or from the council's website at http://ehacoffice.org at no cost. Copies of the guidelines are available for inspection and distribution at cost from the  Michigan Advisory Committee on  Sanitarians,  Bureau  of  Health  Professions, Department   of Community   Health,   611   West  Ottawa,  P.O.  Box  30670,

Lansing, MI 48909.

(3)    The advisory committee adopts by reference the recognition standards and criteria of the council for higher education accreditation  (chea), effective January 2006, and the procedures and criteria for recognizing postsecondary accrediting agencies of the U.S. department of education, effective July  1, 2000, as contained in Title 34, Part 602 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Copies of the standards and criteria of the council for higher education accreditation and the U.S. department of education are available for inspection and distribution at cost from the Michigan Advisory Committee on

Sanitarians, Bureau of Health Professions, Department of Community Health, 611 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30670, Lansing, MI 48909. The chea  recognition standards also may be obtained from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20036-1110, or from the council's website at http://www.chea.org at no cost. The federal recognition criteria may be obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20006 or from the department's website at http://www.ed.gov at no cost.

(4)    The advisory committee adopts by reference the following standards of the following postsecondary accrediting organizations, which may be obtained from the individual accrediting organization at the identified   cost. Copies  of  these  standards also are available for inspection and distribution at  cost   from  the   Michigan Advisory Committee on Sanitarians, Bureau of Health Professions, Department of Community Health, 611 West Ottawa, P.O. Box 30670, Lansing, MI 48909:

(a)   The standards of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market  Street,   Philadelphia,   PA   19104,    in   the    document entitled "Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education: Eligibility Requirements and Standards  for   Accreditation,"  2004  edition,   which   is available    free    of    charge

on   the    association's     website    at http://www.msche.org or  for  purchase at a cost of

$7.40 as of the  time  of adoption of these rules.

(b)   The standards of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, 209 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 07130, in the document entitled "Standards for Accreditation," 2005 edition, which is available free of charge on the association's website at http://www.neasc.org.

(c)   The standards of the North  Central  Association  of  Colleges  and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602,  in  the   document   entitled   "Handbook   of Accreditation,"  third edition, which is available for purchase through the association's website at http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org at a cost of $30.00 as of the time of adoption of these rules.

(d)   The standards of the Northwest Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities, the Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Avenue NE, Suite 100, Redmond, WA 98052, in the  document  entitled "Accreditation Handbook," 2003  edition,  which  is  available   for purchase  through  the association's website at http://www.nwccu.org at a cost of $20.00 as of the time of adoption of these rules.

(e)   The standards of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033, in the document entitled "Principles of Accreditation: Foundation for Quality Enhancement", copyright 2004, which is available free of charge on the association's website at http://www.sacscoc.org or for purchase at a cost of $12.00 for members and $24.00 for nonmembers as of the   time    of adoption  of these rules.

(f)   The standards of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the Accrediting Commission for Senior  Colleges  and    Universities,   985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, in the document entitled "Handbook of Accreditation,"  January  2001,  which  is  available  free  of  charge  on   the commission's    website   at   http://www.wascweb.org   or   for purchase at a   cost     of

$15.00  for  member  institutions  and  $20.00   for nonmember  institutions  as  of the time of adoption of these rules.

(g)   The standards of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, 10 Commercial Blvd., Suite 204, Novato, CA 94949, in the document entitled "Accreditation Reference Book," August 2005, which  is  available  free   of charge  on  the commission's website at http://www.accjc.org.

History: 1982 AACS; 1991 AACS; 2008 AACS.