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/Institutions/Western-Piedmont-Community-College/json/2019-2020/Catalog.json

Program Accreditations

• Associate Degree Nursing is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3343 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326, (404) 975-5000, www.acenursing.org.
• Basic Law Enforcement Training is accredited by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, 1700 Tryon Park Drive, Raleigh, NC 27602-0149, (919) 661-5980.
• Dental Assisting is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education. The Commission on Dental Accreditation can be contacted at (312) 440-4653 or at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. The Commission's web address is: http://www.ada.org/en/coda.  
• Early Childhood Education is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children 1313 L Street, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005.
• The Medical Assisting Diploma program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org), upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350.
• Medical Laboratory Technology is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018-5119, (773) 714-8880.
• The Developmental Studies program is accredited by the National Association of Developmental Education (NADE), 170 Kinnelon Road, Suite 33, Kinnelon, NJ 07405, (877) 233-9455.