Provisional and Full Approval (Defined)

Provisional Approval

To obtain "provisional approval" as an ACS Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center, the submitted application and letter of support from the CEO must first be reviewed and approved by the Bariatric Advisory Committee. Once the application is approved, the center will receive a Participation Agreement and a Business Associate Agreement. When the agreements are fully executed and the program fee is received, the center will receive a letter granting "provisional approval" along with a site visit packet including a Pre-Site Review Questionnaire in preparation for the site visit review.

Full Approval

To obtain "full approval" as an ACS Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center, a center must first complete and submit the Pre-Site Review Questionnaire and schedule a site visit within six months of provisional approval. After the completion of the site visit review by an ACS Site Visitor, the Final Site Visitor Report must be reviewed and approved by the Bariatric Advisory Committee. Once the final report is approved, the center will receive a letter granting "full approval" along with an ACS BSCN Certificate of Accreditation.

Online March 22, 2006 

Bariatric Surgery Center Network Program

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