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A developing medical school in the United States or Canada must complete five steps to become fully accredited by the LCME, as described below. Each step has its own requirements, and a school may not recruit applicants or accept student applications before reaching Step 3. The following tables include a description of each pre-accreditation and accreditation category and a listing of medical schools currently within each category. A developing medical education program in Canada follows the same process with both the LCME and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS).
Refer to the LCME's Guidelines for New and Developing Medical Schools for a description of the minimum requirements that must be met in order for the LCME and/or CACMS to consider granting provisional accreditation of a new program leading to the M.D. degree. Refer to the LCME's Rules of Procedure for more detailed information about Preliminary Accreditation, Provisional Accreditation, and Full Accreditation.
The LCME and CACMS hold confidential all information collected during the pre-accreditation and accreditation processes. For more information on developing medical schools, please contact the schools directly.
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Step 1 - Schools with LCME "Applicant
School" Status
NOTE: Applicant Schools are not accredited and may not recruit applicants or accept student applications. |
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| State/Province | Name of medical school | Location |
| California | Scripps School of Medicine | La Jolla, CA |
| Michigan | Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine | Rochester, Michigan |
| New Jersey | Touro University College of Medicine | Hackensack, New Jersey |
| New York | Hofstra University School of Medicine | Hempstead, New York |
| A medical school obtains "Applicant School" status when:
1. It has paid the $25,000 application fee to the LCME to begin the process of applying for preliminary accreditation; and 2. LCME and CACMS Secretariat staff have determined that the school meets the basic eligibility requirements to apply for accreditation (i.e., a current or anticipated charter in the U.S. or Canada and plans to offer the educational program in the U.S. or Canada). |
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Step 2 - Schools with LCME "Candidate
School" Status
NOTE: Candidate Schools are not accredited and may not recruit applicants or accept student applications. |
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| State/Province | Name of medical school | Location |
| There are no schools with Candidate School status at this time. | ||
| A medical school obtains "Candidate School" status when:
1. It has paid the $25,000 application fee to the LCME to begin the process of applying for preliminary accreditation; and 2. LCME and CACMS Secretariat staff have determined that the school meets the basic eligibility requirements to apply for accreditation (i.e., a current or anticipated charter in the U.S. or Canada and plans to offer the educational program in the U.S. or Canada); and 3. The school has submitted the required database and planning self-study documents, which have been favorably reviewed by the LCME (and, for Canadian schools, also by the CACMS); and 4. Approval has been granted by the LCME for a site visit for preliminary accreditation. |
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Step 3 - Schools with LCME "Preliminary
Accreditation" Status
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| State/Province | Name of medical school | Location |
| Florida | Florida International University College of Medicine | Miami, Florida |
| Florida | University of Central Florida College of Medicine | Orlando, Florida |
| Pennsylvania | The Commonwealth Medical College | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Texas | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine | El Paso, Texas |
| Virginia | Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine | Roanoke, Virginia |
| A medical school achieves "Preliminary Accreditation" status
when: 1. It submits a modified medical educational database and a self-study summary to the LCME; and 2. An LCME team completes a site visit at the medical school and prepares a report of its findings for consideration by the LCME at its next regularly scheduled meeting; and 3. The LCME reviews the survey team's report and determines that the program leading to the M.D. degree meets the expectations outlined in the LCME document, Guidelines for New and Developing Medical Schools; and 4. The LCME votes to grant preliminary accreditation to the program for an entering class in an upcoming academic year. Once preliminary accreditation is granted, the program may begin to recruit applicants and accept applications for enrollment. If the program does not enroll a charter class within two years of its receipt of preliminary accreditation, it must reapply for preliminary accreditation as a new program and pay a reapplication fee. |
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Step 4 - Schools with LCME "Provisional
Accreditation " Status
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| State/Province | Name of medical school | Location |
| There are no schools with Provisional Accreditation status at this time. | ||
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A medical school achieves "Provisional Accreditation" status, after it
receives preliminary accreditation and enrolls a charter class, when:
*Note: The Northern Ontario School of Medicine was granted "initial, provisional accreditation" in June 2004, prior to the establishment of the current accreditation process for developing medical schools. That process did not include the step of "preliminary accreditation." |
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Step 5- Schools with LCME "Full
Accreditation " Status
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of M.D. programs that are accredited by the LCME.
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A medical school achieves "Full Accreditation" status, after it receives
provisional accreditation, when: |
Revised 16 June 2009
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