National & State Accreditation

The purpose of accreditation is to assure students a sound, quality educational experience. All of the programs in the School of Health professions are accredited by the various non-governmental and governmental agencies responsible for conducting peer evaluations of health-care related educational programs.

The CCBC EMT Program is accredited on the national level by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs (CAAHEP) through the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (www.coaemsp.org), and on the state level by the Maryland Emergency Medical Services Board which is administered by the lead state EMS agency, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) (www.miemss.org).

Program accreditation is an ongoing process, as the EMT Program must constantly monitor its progress in meeting the standards established by both the CAAHEP/CoAEMSP and the MEMSB through continual quality improvement and quality assurance evaluations, and yearly reports to the accrediting agencies.

The CCBC EMT Program is due for re-accreditation in 2007, and is currently in the process of completing a self-study document to be submitted to the CAAHEP/CoAEMSP, and preparing for a site visitation by the accreditors sometime during the spring or summer of 2007.