Submission of Forms Using the Portal: When submitting the change forms below, programs may find revised directions concerning submitting the changes via the program's portal. The ARC-PA is in the process of updating these forms and the process for their submission.
Depending on the nature of the proposed program change, additional supporting materials may be required. If this is the case, these are described within the change request form.
Please note that failure by the program to provide the information as required may result in a reconsideration of the program’s current accreditation status or an earlier scheduling of the next site visit to the program.
Certain change requests, program progress reports and program responses due to the ARC-PA may be processed through an expedited review. Expedited reviews occur at times other than the March and September ARC-PA commission meetings and allow the commission to inform programs about the disposition of their submissions at times throughout the year.
Any change request except expansion to a distant campus or change in sponsorship might be handled by the expedited process. If the request is received during the window of time when the ARC-PA commissioners are preparing for a meeting or if the requested documentation is incomplete or requires additional material, it will be referred to a commission meeting for disposition.Change in Faculty (updated April 2012) (E 1.04 The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing of personnel changes in its positions of program director, medical director, or principal faculty within 30 days of the date of the effective change and must include a detailed plan and timeline to fill vacated positions.)
CV Template (updated 6.10)
NEW FORMS! Expansion to Distant Campus NOTE: For programs with provisional accreditation, the ARC-PA will not consider an application for expansion to a distant campus until five years after the time of the start of the first class of students. For programs with a continuing accreditation status, the ARC-PA will not consider an application for expansion to a distant campus from any accredited program until the program has maintained five years of continuing accreditation without an adverse accreditation status.
The ARC-PA (E1.08 The program must obtain ARC-PA approval at least nine months prior to implementing any intended program expansion to a distant campus. ANNOTATION: Programs providing information about expanding to a distant campus do so using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA for this purpose. A focused visit may be required prior to the ARC-PA’s consideration of the request to expand to a distant campus.)
Clinical Site Template for Expansion to Distant Campus
Budget Template for Expansion to a Distant Campus (entire program)
Budget Template for Expansion to a Distant Campus (campus breakout)
Personnel Template for Expansion to a Distant Campus
Change in Credential Offered (E1.09a The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of proposed changes in degrees or certificate granted at program completion.)
The Standards require that programs which do not currently offer a graduate degree must transition to conferring a graduate degree upon all PA students who matriculate into the program after 2020. The degree should be awarded by the sponsoring institution. Programs affiliating with a different institution for the masters degree should complete and submit this Change in Degree form.
Change in Graduation Requirements (E1.09b The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of proposed changes in requirements for graduation.)
Change in Program Length (E1.09c The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of proposed changes in program length.)
Change in Class Size(updated 8.2011) (E1.09 d, e The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of proposed changes of 10 students or greater, or of a 15% increase, in maximum entering class size)
Clinical Site Template for Increase in Class Size/Student Enrollment
Institutional Resource Budget Template for Change in Class Size (updated 3,22,2012)
Change in Maximum Aggregate Student Enrollment ((updated 8.2011)E1.09e The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of proposed changes in maximum aggregate student enrollment that will result in an increase of 15 percent or greater in maximum aggregate student enrollment, as compared to the program’s most recent application for accreditation or as approved by the ARC-PA.)
Clinical Site Template for Increase in Class Size/Student Enrollment
Institutional Resource Budget Template for Change in Class Size (updated 3.22.2012)
Decrease in program support (E1.09f The program must inform the ARC-PA in writing, using forms and processes developed by the ARC-PA, no less than six months prior to implementation of a substantive decrease in program support. Partial ANNOTATION: A substantive decrease in support for the program may refer to a decrease in allocated fiscal, human, academic or physical resources of 20% or greater.)
Change in Program Sponsorship (E1.10 The sponsoring institution must inform the ARC-PA in writing of the intent to transfer program sponsorship as soon as it begins considering transfer.)