DEAP Initial Application & Audit Guide

Initial Application Guide

DEAP Initial Application Guidelines for Accreditation

This DEAP initial application and audit guide provides steps to walk you through the process of completing and submitting your initial application, so you can become an accredited DSMES program with DEAP. It identifies all the required documents accredited programs must maintain in their DEAP binder.

The DEAP initial application guide will also help you find information on how to meet and submit documentation for each of the 6 National Standards for DSMES with our interpretive guidance as well as other resources to help you through the process.

DEAP Initial Application Video Walkthrough

This walkthrough provides an overview of how to complete your application for accreditation with DEAP. Included in the video is a step-by-step guide on the submission of your initial application.

DEAP Template Reproduction

Feel free to reproduce the following DEAP templates for general use in a clinical setting and/or for education-related purposes without seeking written permission. You may also create your own templates as long as they meet the standards.

You also have our permission to republish the DEAP templates, but they may not be republished or distributed by any for-profit entity with the intention to make a profit. The following copyright line must accompany the reuse of all templates.