The following section is intended to collect information about the applicant organization’s corporate structure. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Some organization types are automatically exempt from ANCC’s definition of an ineligible company, including:
Constituent Member Associations of the American Nurses Association
Specialty Nursing Organizations
Ambulatory procedure centers
Blood banks
Diagnostic labs that do not sell proprietary products
Electronic health records companies
Government or military agencies
Federal Nursing Services
Group medical practices
Health law firms
Health profession membership organizations
Hospitals or healthcare delivery systems
Infusion centers
Insurance or managed care companies
Nursing homes
Pharmacies that do not manufacture proprietary compounds
Publishing or education companies
Rehabilitation centers
Schools of nursing, medicine, or health science universities
Software or game developers
A single-focused organization* devoted to offering nursing continuing professional development
*A single focused organization exists for the single purpose of providing NCPD.
NOTE: 501c organizations are not automatically exempt. The ANCC Accreditation Program requires 501c organizations to be screened for eligibility.