Approved Accreditation Bodies
Contact information for SAMHSA-approved accrediting bodies.
The following SAMHSA-approved accrediting bodies work to ensure that OTPs meet specific, nationally accepted standards for providing medications for substance use disorders:
CARF International
6951 East Southpoint Road
Tucson, AZ 85756-9407
To speak with the OTP accreditation
resource specialist for your state:
888-281-6531
520-495-7077 (TTY)
520-318-1129 (Fax)
Emily Hosea (ext. 7193)
ehosea@carf.org
Social Current (Previously Council on Accreditation)
1200 First St. NE, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20002
JeRae’ Sommersell, Accreditation Coordinator
212-871-1051
jsommersell@social-current.org
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
630-792-5800
630-792-5005 (Fax)
Peter Vance, LPCC, CPHQ
630-792-5788
pvance@jointcommission.org
National Commission on Correctional Health Care
1145 W. Diversey Parkway
Chicago, IL 60614
773-880-1460 (ext. 294)
Amy Panagopoulos, MBA, BSN, R.N. - Vice President, Accreditation
amyp@ncchc.org
Washington State Department of Health
Health Services Quality Assurance
P.O. Box 47874
Olympia, WA 98504-7874
Suzy Todd, MSN, R.N., CARN
suzanne.todd@doh.wa.gov