Notices & Changes
Every fee change and every standards or policy revision, kept here permanently — not just announced once and forgotten.
Why this page exists: ASF’s own rules state that a fee cannot change without six months’ public notice, and a policy touching the Seven Permanent Safeguards needs a supermajority. Those rules only mean something if the notices themselves stay findable years later. This page is that permanent record.
2026
Independence & Non-Influence Statement updated: ownership independence added
New Section 1.1, Ownership Independence, added: ASF holds no ownership stake, equity, or controlling interest in any facility it accredits, trains, or certifies, directly addressing the independence criterion used in external accreditation-body eligibility review. Version 2 → 3. See Independence & Non-Influence Statement.
Ambulatory Clinic Standard 7 completed: criterion 7.10 added
Criterion 7.10, Patient Feedback Has an Independent Channel, Not Just an Internal One, added to Standard 7 (Governance & Management). Ambulatory Clinic moves from 120 to 121 assessed criteria. Version 3.0 → 3.1. See Standard 7.
Fitness & Wellness Standard 7 completed: criterion 7.6 added
Criterion 7.6, Member and Customer Feedback Has an Independent Channel, Not Just an Internal One, added to Standard 7 (Governance & Staffing). Fitness & Wellness moves from 45 to 46 assessed criteria. Version 3.0 → 3.1. See Standard 7.
Full policy alignment with the Public Health Institute of Georgia
ASF’s 47 institutional policies fully aligned with PHIG’s equivalent framework — same structure, same categories, differing only by governing law (French vs. Georgian). See Governance and Policies.
Accreditation fee schedule republished: monthly billing
Georgia fee packages published: Essential and Complete, billed monthly, with the yearly assessment and certifications included. Other countries are priced when ASF begins operating there. See published fees.
Facility Readiness Checklists, Readiness Bundle Builder, and Mock Drill Templates published
New free resources added: department-by-department readiness checklists, a personalised bundle generator, and fillable mock drill report templates for Fire, Medical Emergency, and Missing Person drills.
ASF Indicator Programme and Serious Incident Learning System established
Two new standing frameworks published: a shared cross-facility quality indicator set, and a voluntary serious-incident reporting and learning system. Both open for facility participation from day one.
How to Read This Page
- Entries are added at the time a change takes effect, not retroactively rewritten.
- A fee change is announced here at least six months before it takes effect, per the published fee-change rule.
- Older entries are never deleted, only added to — this page only grows.