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Accredit

To give official authorization or status. To recognize as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for professional practice. In International Law: (1) To acknowledge; to receive as an envoy and give that person credit and rank accordingly. (2) To send with credentials as an envoy. This latter use is now the accepted one.

TO ACCREDIT, international law. The act by which a diplomatic agent is acknowledged by the government near which he is sent. This at once makes his public character known, and becomes his protection.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Bin Kalban, CEO of Specialised Healthcare Services Sector at DHA, said that the accreditation shows that the services provided by the authority's facilities are achieving international standards.

Dubai Diabetes Centre internationally accredited

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to not fewer than 24 out of the 29 academic programmes which its representatives came to re-examine at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), between May and June, 2018.

Despite poor govt funding, LAUTECH gets full accreditation for 24 courses

When a post-secondary institution receives a conditional accreditation, where they need to make changes, it's usually for two years.

Civil engineering technology program gets accreditation in Sudbury

ACA accreditation provides a road map to excellence through the standards and outcome measures.

Army corrections: recognizing the importance of standards and accreditation

"This is truly a transformational change in public health," said APHA member William Riley, PhD, chair of the board of directors of the Public Health Accreditation Board, at a Sept.

Accreditation program for health departments launches

The accreditation of a particular federal law enforcement program or academy demonstrates to the citizens served by the agency that the agency has voluntarily submitted to a process of self-regulation and successfully complied with a set of standards that has been collectively established by peers within the professional community.

USAMPS joins FLETA

Whether the accrediting body is a state agency or a national association, more campus police and public safety departments are pursuing accreditation which is based on overall operations for meeting law enforcement standards.

Certified for safety: obtaining campus law enforcement accreditation can be a lengthy, intense process. Here's why more institutions are choosing to pursue it

The AICPA council approved the report of the special committee on accreditation of specialization, which calls for new ventures in accreditation.

The CPA as specialist

* The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF)

Meet the accreditors

Is the trend toward accreditation of different areas of expertise good for the profession?

Is it a good idea to accredit specialists?

29 -- Tektronix, Inc., the world's leading provider of multi-vendor instrument calibration, repair and related services, today announced that it has received American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) accreditation in Japan and China for ISO 17025 calibration.

Tektronix Receives A2LA Accreditation in Japan, China for ISO 17025 Calibration Standard