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Upon
an application's arrival at the ICANL office, it is unpacked
and organized in color-coded folders. The application is then
assigned an identification number and filed in a holding area.
Once
the application is placed in the holding file, it is ready to
undergo an in-house review of the organization application and
a general review of the remaining application sections to assess
the completeness and appropriateness of the materials submitted.
This is not a review of the technical components of the application.
If obvious information has not been included in the application,
the ICANL staff contacts the laboratory to request needed information.
It is advantageous to the laboratory to send this information
as soon as possible, so that it can be included with the application
before it is sent to the application reviewers. This
in-house review of information does not ensure that the Board
Of Directors will not request more information, but it does
assist in avoiding some unnecessary delays to a laboratory's
accreditation.
The
ICANL accreditation process functions on a quarterly schedule:
application deadlines are the first of January, April, July
and October (or the first working day of the month if the
first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday). Following
the deadline, the ICANL staff tabulates the number of applications
to be reviewed. A staff member contacts the ICANL application
reviewers, and applications are assigned according to each reviewer's
availability and expertise. All application reviewers are employed
in accredited laboratories, are credentialed and have attended
an invitational training workshop with the ICANL.
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