The responsibility for the accreditation of an institution operating at locations lying within the geographical boundaries of more than one regional commission lies with the regional commission having jurisdiction over the home location of the institution (“home regional”) except: If the home regional determines that an activity located within another regional commission’s jurisdiction is separately accreditable, that separately accreditable activity is the responsibility of the regional commission serving that location.

Whenever the home regional makes an on-site evaluation visit to an institution’s activity within another region, the regional commission serving that region (“visited regional”) will be asked to suggest one or more evaluators from the visited region to serve on the evaluation committee of the home regional.

Evaluators suggested by the visited regional will be placed on the visiting evaluation committee either as full members of the committee or as persons to be used for special assignments during the visit, at the option of the home regional. These evaluators will act as evaluators for the home regional, and the visited regional will have no responsibility for them. In composing the visiting committee, the home regional will follow its usual procedures. The presence on the visiting committee of evaluators suggested by the visited regional is intended to provide the home regionalwith a base of information appropriate to the geographically extended nature of the institution under evaluation, and does not imply approval by the visited regional of the institution under evaluation, nor approval by the visited regional of the home region’s actions.

In any case, the evaluators suggested by the visited regional will visit activities within the area of the visited regional, possibly in addition to other responsibilities as evaluation committee members.

The home regional will provide to the visited regional a full copy of the visiting evaluation committee report, which the visited regional will hold in agreement with the policies and practices of the home regional regarding confidentiality of visiting evaluation committee reports. In addition, the home regional will inform the visited regional of all accrediting actions affecting the institution under evaluation.

Adopted 1982