Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care

{{Short description|American nonprofit organization}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care

| logo = Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care Logo 2011.jpg

| type = non-profit organization

| foundation = May 11, 1954

| founder = The Medical Society of the State of New York

| location_city = Bedford, Texas, US

| location_country = United States

| area_served = United States

| industry = Medicine

| homepage = http://www.coarc.com/

}}

Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) is an American nonprofit accreditation organization dedicated to respiratory care.{{cite journal| author=Mathews P, Drumheller L, Carlow JJ, with the assistance of the American Association for Respiratory Care. National Board for Respiratory Care. Council on Accreditation of Respiratory Care| title=Respiratory care manpower issues. | journal=Crit Care Med | year= 2006 | volume= 34 | issue= 3 Suppl | pages= S32–45 | pmid=16477201 | doi=10.1097/01.CCM.0000203103.11863.BC | s2cid=45269871 }}{{cite journal|vauthors=Barnes TA, Kacmarek RM, Durbin CG | title=Survey of Respiratory Therapy Education Program Directors in the United States. | journal=Respir Care | year= 2011 | volume= 56| issue= 12| pages= 1906–15| pmid=21535914 | doi=10.4187/respcare.01259 | doi-access=free }} CoARC accredits degree-granting programs in respiratory care that have undergone a rigorous process of voluntary peer review and have met or exceeded the minimum accreditation Standards as set by the professional association in cooperation with CoARC. These programs are granted accreditation status by CoARC, which provides public recognition of such achievement. In 2009, there were over 300 accredited programs in the United States.