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The Program Summary is a summary of financial resources available to your Program of CME/CE. Report data for the most recent 12-month period you have available. If your organization is the accredited provider for a jointly provided activity, you are required to report the same financial data… More

Standard 3 applies to all accredited continuing education.

Many healthcare professionals have financial relationships with ineligible companies. These relationships must not be allowed to influence accredited continuing education… More

Standard 5 applies only when there is marketing by ineligible companies or nonaccredited education associated with the accredited continuing education.

Accredited providers are responsible for ensuring that education is separate from marketing by… More

Standard 4 applies only to accredited continuing education that receives financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies.

Accredited providers that choose to accept commercial support (defined as financial or in-kind support from ineligible… More

The ACCME is committed to ensuring that accredited continuing education (1) presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and (2) protects learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. To that end, the ACCME has… More

Compliance Check is a series of quick tips to help you meet accreditation requirements.

Understanding the Exceptions to Standard 3 can help ease your administrative burden. 

Tip: With non-clinical education, you do not need to identify, mitigate, or disclose financial… More

Compliance Check is a new series of quick tips to help accredited providers meet accreditation requirements.

What information should I get from my speakers and planners?

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Yes. There needs to be a 30-minute interval between an accredited and nonaccredited session or activity regardless of whether the nonaccredited activity is before, after, or both. As noted in Standard 5.2, this time interval is required if the nonaccredited activity is either developed by or… More

Yes. Providers may accept verbal disclosure of financial information from those in control of content in accredited CE. Providers must be able to verify for the ACCME that the individual was given the ACCME definition of an ineligible company and was informed that they must disclose all… More

Webinar: Working Together to Successfully Transition to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education

On October 28, 2021, we hosted a public webinar to highlight our newly available Standards resources and answer your questions about successfully… More