IACET Authorized Provider (AP) Process

Applying for IACET Authorized Provider Status

Application for IACET Authorized Provider status is an opportunity for organizations conducting continuing education and training to benchmark current operations to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved IACET Continuing Education and Training Standards.  Organizations applying for IACET Authorized Provider status are asked to:

1. Complete the IACET Standards Inquiry Form
2. Purchase and download the ANSI/IACET Standards and application package; 
3. Review the ANSI Standards, including the minimum requirements, interpretations, and intent of each Standard, and attachments and glossary of terms;
4. Conduct an internal audit of current policies, procedures, and processes used in (a) the administration of its continuing education and training program, and (b) the planning, implementing, and evaluation of its learning events;
5. Modify any policies, procedures, and/or processes to ensure compliance to the ANSI/IACET Standards and show evidence of these modified policies, procedures, and/or processes being implemented for at least 3 months; 
6. Submit compliant policies, procedures, and processes for IACET Commission review and approval; and
7. Review and sign the IACET Authorized Provider Agreement.

We recommend that you attend one of our “How to Become an Authorized Provider” Workshops if you have questions about completing the application. For more information on upcoming workshops, please click here.

Submission of the Completed Application

Two copies of the completed application with all attachments must be submitted in a bound hard copy.  The bound copies must be organized according to the numbering system of the Standards and include a tabbed section for each of the ten numbered Standards.  Additional documents required for each Standard which cannot be bound easily, such as marketing brochures, should be put into top-loading clear sheet protectors and included in the appropriate section.  One additional copy of the completed application, including the attachments needs to be submitted on a CD for headquarters archiving purposes.  Bound applications (2) and the CD should be mailed to:

IACET AP Application Submission
1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500
McLean, VA 22102 

*Note: It is recommended that the applicant keep an additional copy at their location.