The accreditation process follows a 3-year cycle, after which re-evaluation is required to maintain your "accredited" status. We send reminder notices for reaccreditation via email as well as regular mail at the following intervals: 9, 6, and 3 months prior to your expiration date.
To make changes in between official triennial applications, including updating your practice's contact info, changing practice/site name(s), updating staff, adding/removing location(s) or specialties, please use this update form. Submission instructions are on the last page.
Note: Total combined file size of email attachments cannot exceed 24 MB or your email will be rejected by the server.
If we receive your application after your accreditation has lapsed, you will receive new dates of accreditation once your practice has completed the process again.
The AIUM does not certify individuals; we accredit medical ultrasound practices.
You can print the payment page at the end of the online application, which automatically calculates the fee. To estimate the application fee in advance, you can download the Application Fee Estimator.
For an official invoice with the predicted amount, please email accreditation@aium.org.
It takes approximately 4-6 weeks from the day your application is considered "complete" until you receive the results of your application and case studies. The practice has 30 days to respond to all comments and findings. The sooner the practice responds, the sooner a decision is rendered.
If you haven't received an email within the time frame stated above, please email accreditation@aium.org for a status update.The accreditation fee may be paid by check, money order, or credit card (VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC).
Please refer to the Accreditation Application Toolkit.
If you haven't already downloaded it, please enter your email address for the free PDF.
According to the "Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Transducers and Equipment Between Patients as Well as Safe Handling and Use of Ultrasound Coupling Gel", one should perform high-level disinfection of the probe between each use and use a probe cover or condom as an aid to keep the probe clean.
Hover your mouse over the Accreditation tab at the top of AIUM’s homepage and click "Directory of Accredited Practices" in the dropdown. Or, just click here to access.
A mobile-only practice cannot have fixed sites and doesn't rent, own, or lease the sites where ultrasounds are performed and interpreted.
Fixed site(s) are rented, owned, or leased by one entity.
Yes. All personnel performing and/or interpreting ultrasound examinations must be listed on the application and meet relevant training guidelines. This includes sonographers, PAs, NPs, DPTs, CNMs/CMs and DCs, for example.
No – you can obtain the status of your accreditation and your pending online application by logging into your AIUM administrator account and proceed to the Accreditation Dashboard (Login --> My Account --> Accreditation Dashboard).
No. Since your practice rents, owns, or leases the space where the ultrasounds are performed, you should designate this as an additional fixed site and list the ultrasound machine under that location on your application.
If a sonographer employed at an AIUM Accredited practice does not become RDMS/ARRT certified in all specialty area(s) that s/he performs by reaccreditation, they can no longer perform ultrasound examinations in that specialty. Please reference the Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Ultrasound Practices for more information.
Yes, nonregistered sonographers must be added, and AIUM requires them to obtain RDMS/ARRT specialty certification before the next reaccreditation cycle (within three years).
Yes, we require machines to be evaluated annually (each year). We no longer use the words "preventative maintenance" and have changed the terminology to "quality assurance on ultrasound equipment". We require routine quality assurance to be performed on your ultrasound equipment as outlined in the document linked below:
3. On your ABOG MOC article transcript(s) - star, circle, or highlight each article marked by ABOG as *ultrasound credit article*. Marked copy of transcript must be uploaded within the physician's documentation file in order to claim the credits.
CME credits must be uploaded to the provider’s profile in your online application (Manage Personnel --> Details --> CME Credits).
Reaccrediting practices should refer to the CME Disclaimer.
All anatomic components included in the report should be submitted in the case study. Only the images listed in the relevant Case Study Submission Requirements will be reviewed. Multiple images of the same structure are not necessary as long as the report matches your submitted images. For example, if the report mentions a cervical length and no images are submitted showing measurement, this would be considered non-compliant. Another example is the practice reports a normal ductal arch as required by the practice protocol, but not demonstrated on the case study submission, this would be considered non-compliant.
Do not export images as BITMAP, TIFF, or DICOM files. These file types are either too large or need specialized software to open. Please, only export images as JPG/JPEGs.
Each patient's report + corresponding images must be combined into a single file. Refer to "General File Requirements" and "How to Prepare Your Documents for Upload", attached to the Application Checklist.