Appeals  

RACAS set up the Appeal committee to make decisions on receiving, investigating and allowance of appeals, according to the RACAS appeals-handing system.

Appeal Procedures   

 

  1. If institutions do not agree with the accreditation results, they should lodge an appeal in written form with specific reason to the Appeal Committee, within one month after the Accreditation Committee issued accreditation results letter.
     
  2. After the Appeal Committee Chairman received the appeal application, it will be handed to the Accreditation Committee Chairman within seven days. Accreditation Committee Chairman should respond within 14 days (starting from the day that the Appeal Committee Chairman received the application). A reply letter which includes the hearing date, time and venue would be issued to the appealing institution not more than a month. Besides, the letter should release at least 7 days before the hearing date, which encloses with the appeal application and feedback from the Accreditation Committee Chairman .The appealing institution and representatives of the Accreditation Committee would be invited to the hearing. The hearing should be held within 40 days after issuing the reply letter.
     
  3. The appealing institution could always submit a written notice to the Appeal Committee Chairman, for abandoning the whole or any part of the appeal.
     
  4. After the hearing, the Appeal Committee should determine the appeal is successful or not, or whether it is necessary to make improvement before granting accreditation. The final decision should inform the appealing institution and the Accreditation Committee Chairman within 2 weeks after the hearing. The Accreditation Committee should comply with the decision and implement the follow-up work.
     
  5. The Appeal Committee reserves the right to make the final decision.
     
  6. All the documents related to the appeal would be kept at least 3 years under security procedure.
     
  7. A formal written report would be issued to the appealing institution after all the appeal procedures finished.

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