Education and Center Quality Accreditation in Medical Aesthetic and Clinical Beauty Therapy
Qualify Your Salon for Medical Aesthetic Practice Standards / Qualify Your Private Academy for Medical Aesthetic Education Standards
What is the BIMAC Board accreditation and qualification?
BIMAC and its Education Accreditation Commission is interested in assisting individuals and academies to validate their degrees, validate their certificates and recognize earned credits on an international scale.
The BIMAC qualification in Clinical Aesthetic Injectable Therapy for Salons, Centers and Training Provider Academies are designed to enable education centers / practitioners to provide the highest standards of patient, client and learner care during all stages of delivering aesthetic injectable therapies and trainings.
By achieving these qualifications, applicants will acquire the knowledge, skills and competence to administer treatments safely and appropriately, adhering to the principles of 'do no harm' and promoting public health at all times.
The BIMAC qualification process in Clinical Aesthetic Injectable Therapies is a fully approved Professional, Education and Training Qualification.
To this end we have prepared a 100% online accreditation and degree validation procedure that will certify the credit and degree equivalency of the applicants' certification and of all BIMAC accredited institutions. This accreditation and degree validation will also endorse the external quality review of the degree, institution and program of study.
BIMAC Board considers this accreditations and degree validation service to be an important and constructive process to facilitate the acceptance of the degrees and credits.
The BIMAC (Board of International Medical Aesthetic Certification ) is an internationally recognized quality standard model for training providers, academies and individual professionals.
BIMAC accreditation proves that the accreditation has been given on the result that operating standards have been voluntarily and rigorously tested. Our international accreditation enables students to obtain a realistic picture of the accredited institution in terms of quality, resources, student support and ethics.
Note that accreditation is a voluntary and non governmental process. No accreditation in the world can provide automatic acceptance and degree validation of the credits earned at other institutions, nor does it guarantee the acceptance of graduates by employers. Acceptance of learners or graduates is always the prerogative of the receiving institution or employer.
What are the benefits of the BIMAC accreditation?
You will receive an official accreditation certificate and degree validation diploma issued by BIMAC that will state the following information:
- You full name.
- Verification of the specialisation earned.
- Verification of the total credits corresponding to this specialisation.
- Verification of the credits composition in hours of study.
- Certification of the credits equivalency to the US Semester credits system.
- Certification of the credits equivalency to the EU.
- Assurance that the qualifying institution is meeting the BIMAC accreditation and education quality standards.
The BIMAC accreditation and validation may be useful for the global acceptance of the profession, of the degrees and credits by employers, professional associations, other institutions, colleges or universities.
Who may obtain an accreditation and degree validation from BIMAC ?
BIMAC may accredit and validate degrees and diplomas from the following fields:
1. BIMAC qualified salons, centers, clinics and institutions
Following your inspection, our report will provide you with recognition of the areas in which you excel, as well as recommendations based upon the operation and certificate methods of world-leading education and training providers - designed to cultivate further improvement.
The accreditation and degree validation may exclusively be issued to aesthetic clinics, centers and training provider Centers who have completed the BIMAC accreditation process while their membership status remains valid.
Your medical aesthetic practice, clinic or training center can have BIMAC qualification accreditation if you offer services or courses in the following fields:
- Medical Aesthetic (non surgical)
- Fat dissolving
- PMUP
- Beauty Therapy
- Lash extension
- Professional make Up
- Hair extension
- Professional Nail Treatment
If you are a college or a private training provider wishing to offer our qualifications and join the Board Certificate programme, you will need to become an approved centre first.
2. BIMAC Accredited Professional Individuals
The accreditation and degree validation may exclusively be issued to professional individuals who have completed the BIMAC accreditation process.
You can have BIMAC accreditation as a Professional Individual if you work in the following fields:
- Medical Aesthetic Injectables (non surgical)
- Fat dissolving / Body Contouring (non surgical)
- PMUP / SPMUP / Paramedical PMUP
- Beauty Therapy
- Lash extension
- Professional make Up
- Hair extension
- Professional Nail Treatment
How to take part of the accreditation and degree validation qualification process at BIMAC?
- Pay the Stage 1 application fee of 650 GBP. There are no refunds of this fee.
Attach a copy of the documents you will be sent by email after covering step no. 1 to validate.
Download and fill out the BIMAC Validation Order Form.
Pay the Stage 2. initial inspection fee of 1.350 GBP plus 1 day online inspection fee of 350 GBP.
In case if you apply for medical aesthetic training center or academy qualification, pay Stage 3 training center inspection fee plus 1 day inspection fee of 1.350 GBP plus 350 GBP.
For any additional information concerning this procedure contact the BIMAC Secretary.
info@bimacboard.com
The qualification and validation process constitutes an effective tool to demonstrate the quality and veracity of the training and certification acquired but it can not guarantee automatic recognition by any receiving institution or company.
The 3 Stages of the International Qualification and Accreditation Process
STAGE 1. APPLICATION AND REVIEW
Submission of the application and review of documentation. If the information provided is acceptable, the process then moves to Stage 2. If it is not, you will be advised : to address and rectify any perceived shortcomings then move to Stage 2.
Fee 650 GBP
STAGE 2. INITIAL INSPECTION
The inspection in case if you require your center or clinic's international qualification will be a 2 hours online video visit. The inspector will ask you to show your medical aesthetic center or training center through a video meeting. Waiting room, treatment room, sterilization devices, treatment products, documentation process and follow up procedure will be inspected and documented. After the visit, the qualification commitment will Certify and Qualify the Aesthetic Center or Training Clinic.
Fee 1.350 GBP + 350 GBP per inspection day
STAGE 3. TRAINING CENTER INSPECTION
For training centers, full inspection process is required. All Academic matters will be inspected including: learning and teaching resources, quality management, reporting, etc...
Fee 1.350 GBP + 350 GBP per inspection day
What happens during a BIMAC Inspection?
Stage 2: Initial Inspection
During the online video visit, the inspector(s) will meet with the aesthetic specialist, the key management staff, and the institution owner. A tour of the premises will take place, including a review of the documentation listed below. An initial report is submitted at this stage to determine whether BIMAC will qualify or else advise on any conditions to address before moving forward. At this stage inspectors will need to see:
- Procedural documentation
- Certificate of medical aesthetic studies
- CE certificates of products, devices used
- INCI certificates of products used
- ISO certificates
- Client documentation process
- Quality manual
- Staff/student handbooks
- Attendance monitoring systems
- Sample student feedback forms
- Marked student assignments
- Performance monitoring systems
- Statutory documentation
Stage 3: Full Inspection Visit
Stage 3 involves a detailed audit of the areas listed below, observation of teaching, and meetings with staff and students to gather their perspectives. Throughout the visit, the inspector(s) will seek to encourage management and staff to look for ways to improve the institution's operation and educational provision - and suggest recommendations for consideration. Finally, there will be a concluding meeting with the owner of the training institute where the inspector(s) will provide informal feedback on their findings. The notification of the decision to award full Accreditation is usually delivered two weeks after the Stage 3 visit. During Stage 3 inspectors will need to:
- Meet the owner and CEO
- If appropriate, meet the owners
- Introductory meeting will all staff if possible
- Detailed survey of the resource area
- Assess research facilities and research outputs
- Assess laboratory and audio visual equipment
- Visit the refreshment areas
- Meet a representative group of staff without senior managers being present
- Observe a number of teaching sessions
- Hold a final meeting with the owner to give an informal report of their findings