The Joint Commission (TJC) is a regulatory body responsible for accrediting the Medical Center, including:

• the hospital
  
  
• laboratories and Point-of-Care-Testing (POCT) program
  
  
• home care program
  
  
• all ambulatory practices

{Note exception: The main clinical laboratories are surveyed by CAP, the College of American Pathologists.)

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