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AAHRPP ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES

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Records Retention

Applications, reports, and other documents from site visits resulting in accreditation and all documents following and relating to that accreditation are kept for 10 years from the date of that accreditation. Applications, reports, and other documents from site visits not resulting in accreditation are kept for three years from the date of the decision to Withhold Accreditation unless the Organization has within the three-year period reapplied for accreditation and the application results in Accreditation, in which case the records are kept for 10 years from the date of accreditation.