COMTA relies on the input from educators and professionals in the fields of massage and aesthetics to keep our Standards for Accreditation current. We have a regular process of proposing potential changes, gathering feedback and then using that feedback to craft final versions for any updates to our Standards. This makes our Standards a living document, changing in response to the needs of the profession and common practices in accreditation.

Validity Study - All Standards
Every five years the COMTA Standards of Accreditation are evaluated both collectively and individually for 1) relevance to the educational or training needs of students and 2) whether they are adequate to evaluate the quality of the education or training provided by the institutions and programs we accredit.

Our 2011 Validity Study is now closed. The Commission will analyze the feedback and determine what next steps should be taken to update our Standards of Accreditation. If you'd like to be notified when the results are available, please join our mailing list for our newsletter here.

Validity Study - Esthetics Competencies
During preliminary anlysis of the responses to our Validity Study, we've determined we need more input about our Competencies for Aesthetics/Esthetics. If you have expertise in this area, please take our shorter survey limited to just the skin care competencies:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/aesthetics4comta