Handbook

Free copies of the MEAC Accreditation Handbook for Institutions or Programs are available to download in PDF form. They are designed for double-sided printing.

Click here to link to the MEAC Accreditation Handbook for Institutions

Click here to link to the MEAC Accreditation Handbook for Programs

Hard copies of either Handbook can also be ordered for $50.00 by contacting us through this website or by calling the MEAC office.

Unsure which Handbook to Obtain?

MEAC offers both institutional and programmatic accreditation.

a) Institutional accreditation refers to the review and approval of an entire institution, including all of its financial and management aspects. MEAC institutional accreditation is limited to independent or freestanding educational entities that primarily provide midwifery education.

If the institution also offers other educational programs beyond the scope of midwifery expertise, the institution must be accredited by another agency recognized by the USED and the midwifery educational program can then apply for MEAC programmatic accreditation.

b) Programmatic accreditation refers to the review and approval of a midwifery program that legally functions as part of an accredited institution with a scope larger than midwifery. In order to apply for program accreditation, the program must be housed within an institution already accredited by an agency recognized by the US Deparement of Education.