What is the CSAC?
The Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) considers all candidate consensus standards approved by NQF’s membership for possible endorsement by NQF. Members of the committee possess a broad breadth and depth of expertise and are drawn from a diverse set of stakeholder perspectives. Some committee members possess specific expertise in measure development, application, and reporting. After their detailed review of a candidate standard, the CSAC can recommend to the NQF Board of Directors that the standard be endorsed or not endorsed. A recommendation of endorsement from the CSAC is not the equivalent of endorsement by NQF; rather, it is the NQF Board of Directors who, guided by the CSAC’s recommendation, decides if a candidate standard should be endorsed by NQF.
