Standards and Policies

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AAAHC regularly reviews its policies, procedures, and Standards to determine whether revisions are necessary. New Standards are developed and/or Standards are revised to address updates to legislative and/or regulatory requirements, pertinent guidelines and literature updates, technology changes, quality improvement or risk management updates, and expert consensus. New/revised Standards follow a process that includes review and approval from the AAAHC Standards Development and Expert Content Committees. Substantive revisions proceed to a public comment process. During this time, the public may review proposed changes and submit feedback through the Public Comment form, accessed through the AAAHC website. All comments received are reviewed by the Standards Development Committee (SDC) and the AAAHC Board of Directors, as applicable, prior to program version publication. AAAHC welcomes comments or suggestions about the Standards at any time. Outside the public comment period, send comments and suggestions to standards@aaahc.org.

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