Public Comment Period for NAPRC Draft Standards Closes March 17

The NAPRC is requesting feedback on the first draft version of the NAPRC revised accreditation standards.

The draft standards are now available on the NAPRC website along with a survey to facilitate feedback. The public comment period closes on Sunday, March 17. Please submit feedback on the draft standards at the earliest opportunity.

In 2023, the NAPRC began a project to analyze and revise its accreditation standards. This phase of the Standards Revision Project focuses on two primary topics:

• Watch and Wait: Nonoperative management of patients with rectal cancer at the NAPRC-accredited program.
• Local Excision: The management of patients with rectal cancer at the NAPRC-accredited program using local excision techniques, such as transanal excision.

The NAPRC website includes additional information on logistics for submitting feedback. The information received during the public comment period will be used to further refine the standards requirements and compliance measures in the revised standards. An implementation timeline will be provided once the revised standards are final, and it will take public comment feedback into consideration.

Questions on the logistics of the public comment period may be submitted to NAPRC@facs.org. All questions on the substance of the revised standards are to be submitted through the feedback survey.