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Archive of Accreditation Actions - February 2006

Report of Actions of the
Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
at the ACOE Winter Meeting
February 3 – 5, 2006

March 6, 2006

At its February 3-5, 2006 Winter meeting in Arlington, VA, the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education took the following actions:

The date behind the names of the programs below is the next currently scheduled full evaluation visit.

1. Preaccreditation Actions
   • None
   
   
   
2. Initial Accreditation
   
   • None
   
   
   
3. Continuing Accreditation
   Classification of “Accredited” continued following a full evaluation visit:
   • Ferris State University Michigan College of Optometry, Professional Optometric Degree Program, (2013);
   • Indiana University School of Optometry, Professional Optometric Degree Program, (2013);
   
   
   
4. Withdrawal of accreditation by ACOE * 
   • San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Residency in Geriatrics and Visual Impairment Rehabilitation, which is affiliated with Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
   
   
   
5. Voluntary withdrawal of accreditation
   • None  

*Withdrawal of accreditation is not final until the ACOE appeals process has been exhausted, or until 30 days from notification of the withdrawal action.