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Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME)

The Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME)* has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (under 'Health Care') as a programmatic accrediting agency for nurse-midwifery education programs since 1982. In 1994, ACME approved criteria to accredit direct-entry midwifery education programs; the first program was preaccredited in April 1996.  ACME currently accredits programs offering nurse-midwifery and midwifery programs. ACME is administratively and financially autonomous from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Heather L. Maurer, MA, Executive Director
Email: hmaurer@acnm.org
Phone: (240) 485-1803

Jaime L. Sampson, Administrative Assistant
Email: jsampson@acnm.org  
Phone: (240) 485-1802

Susan E. Stone, CNM, DNSc, FAAN, FACNM
ACME Chair, Board of Commissioners
(859) 253-3637 
susan.stone@frontier.edu

Diane Boyer, CNM, PhD, FACNM
ACME Chair, Board of Review
(843) 641-0344
dboyer@luc.edu

• ACME Overview 
• ACME History
• ACME accredited programs and a list of ACME members (names are followed by duration of term)
• The academic and professional qualifications, and relevant employment and organizational affiliations of ACME members are available on request.

• Announcements
• ACME Annual Reports
• ACME-Program Accreditation Information
• Accreditation Action Notices

  Past accreditation actions by the ACME (DOA) Board of Review, by year.
  

• ACME Documents

  ACME Criteria, Policies and Procedures Manual, and other accreditation related documents, and PowerPoint reviews of procedures

• Becoming A Midwife

  A list of ACME accredited programs is found under 'Midwifery Education Programs'.  Also find information about the midwifery profession.
  

• ACNM Documents

  ACNM standard setting documents, philosophy, Code of Ethics