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Modular versus traditional construction for a medical training facility is primarily a decision about delivery speed, repeatability and campus disruption—not a guaranteed discount. Factory-built volumetric modules, panelised systems and hybrid methods can meet the same adopted codes as site-built classrooms or clinics. They are strongest when a hospital or college needs repeatable skills rooms quickly, including beside an operating campus. Traditional or hybrid construction is usually better for large column-free simulation theatres, unusual heights, extensive basements or interiors that must be reconfigured continually. No source in the available evidence provides a controlled, like-for-like cost and schedule study of a modular medical simulation centre, so the figures below are planning benchmarks rather than a quote.
Medical training facilities include nursing and allied-health teaching buildings, simulation centres, skills laboratories and hospital education wings. The building method should follow the educational programme, occupancy classification, site conditions and operating agreement between the hospital and college.
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At a glance
| Name | Best for | Key spec | Free plan / price | Platforms | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent volumetric modular | Repeatable skills rooms and fast permanent capacity | Enclosed modules with finishes, services and fixtures fabricated off site | No free plan; industry guides cite about $245–$330/sq ft for turnkey modular medical offices, with site work and utilities extra | Factory fabrication plus permanent foundation and site installation | November 2026 |
| Relocatable modular | Swing space, surge teaching or leased sites | Designed for movement and rapid deployment | No free plan; roughly $50–$100/sq ft for a relocatable exam unit, building only | Factory module, transport, temporary or reusable site connections | November 2026 |
| Panelised or hybrid MMC | Repeatable wings combined with bespoke theatres or bridges | Panels, pods or service assemblies made off site; custom areas built on site | No free plan; price is project-specific because the modular share and site-built share vary | Factory panels or pods plus conventional structure | November 2026 |
| Traditional site-built | Highly bespoke layouts, large clear spans and maximum late flexibility | Most work sequenced on the project site | No free plan; hospital benchmarks range from about $430–$470/sq ft for general acute care to $560–$800 for large tertiary facilities, before the scope is normalised | Site construction and conventional procurement | November 2026 |
Prices checked November 2026.
Prices are cited planning ranges, not bids. Scope differs among supply-only, installed, hard-cost and all-in figures.
What does “modular” mean in a medical training project?
Modular is an umbrella term, not a single product. The Australian Health Infrastructure Alliance (AHIA) Modern Methods of Construction Guidance defines modern methods of construction (MMC) as methods, systems, processes and products intended to improve productivity, efficiency, quality and sustainability. Its categories include volumetric modules, panelised construction, hybrid methods, sub-assemblies, Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and digital coordination.
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- Category 1 volumetric modular: three-dimensional enclosed rooms or room groups are manufactured away from the site. Finishes, mechanical and electrical services, fixtures and fittings can be installed before transport and craning.
- Category 2 panelised: flat wall, floor or roof panels are made in a controlled facility and assembled on site. This preserves more freedom over room dimensions than a finished box.
- Category 5 and other sub-assemblies: bathroom pods, plant modules, service racks and non-structural wall systems are prefabricated while the main structure remains conventional.
- Hybrid MMC: repeatable, service-heavy elements are standardised while unusual rooms, lobbies, bridges or large-volume spaces use a site-built solution.
AHIA says, “3D (Volumetric) construction is particularly well-suited to healthcare settings where speed, precision, and quality are paramount.” That statement covers healthcare generally, not a promise that every simulation centre should be a stack of finished modules.
Permanent and relocatable are different decisions
A permanent modular building sits on a permanent foundation, is inspected under the applicable state or territorial modular programme and is treated as real property. A relocatable unit is engineered to move and is commonly used for swing space, surge capacity or leased land. Modulars.org reports that permanent modular construction can carry a premium of roughly 15–25% over relocatable construction. A relocatable unit should not be presented as a 50-year flagship facility unless its structure, envelope, services and maintenance plan were specified for that life.
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Is modular construction cheaper than traditional construction for a medical training facility?
Sometimes, but the evidence does not support a universal percentage. AHIA reports that some jurisdictions experience premiums of up to 20% over traditional construction, while industry buying guides publish savings of 20–50%. Those statements measure different projects and scopes, and the available data contains no paired simulation-centre study.
AHIA’s explanation is the most balanced: “Some stakeholders view MMC as a low-cost, rapid-deployment solution suited only to basic or temporary infrastructure, while others report experiencing cost premiums of up to 20% compared to traditional construction methods.” It adds that late adoption, duplicated design and procurement written for conventional work can create the premium. “Without more consistent and transparent cost data, particularly from projects where MMC was effectively integrated early,” AHIA says, the perception gap will continue to block wider use.
What the published ranges actually measure
| Cost slice | Evidence in the available data | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Module or supply-only | About $90–$150/sq ft for modular clinical finish; roughly $50–$100/sq ft for a relocatable exam unit | Does not include foundation, crane, transport, utilities, design or equipment |
| Turnkey installed modular | About $245–$330/sq ft for a modular medical office; modular hospital or inpatient ranges of about $200–$600/sq ft | Still verify site work, medical systems, permits and owner costs |
| Site-built hospital benchmarks | RSMeans averages cited by STARC Systems: $439.85–$454.33/sq ft; Turner & Townsend range cited there: often $650–$850 or more | Hospital averages are not a simulation-centre quote and may represent different cost boundaries |
| All-in project benchmark | Ankura figures cited by STARC Systems: $700–$730/sq ft for new healthcare construction including site development; renovation about $385–$400/sq ft | Includes a broader project slice than a module price |
GS Modular, a manufacturer guide, cites United Kingdom building-fabric ranges of £1,800–£2,800 per square metre for modular versus £2,500–£3,500 for traditional construction. Its illustration for a 50-bed hospital is £25–£40 million modular versus £40–£60 million traditional. Those are UK examples and not a US teaching-building budget. The same guide reports the 3,690-square-metre, 109-module Moranbah Hospital at AUD 48.5 million (about AUD 13,100/sq m), including remote logistics and clinical compliance.
In Quebec, the evidence is less promotional. Architect Carlo Carbone told La Presse in June 2025 that modular cost is “à peu près égal” because modules need extra material for transport. Cédric Bolduc-Cliche of Groupe RCM said a modular building is generally 10% less or 10% more, adding, “Mais c’est rarement beaucoup plus économique. C’est le délai [moindre] qui est un des grands avantages !” Ivanka Iordanova of the École de technologie supérieure said the absence of standardisation means there is not yet enough volume economy. Geography, procurement rules and local manufacturing capacity matter.
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Why a simulation centre can cost less—or more—than a clinic
A teaching building may not need licensed inpatient infrastructure, but its audiovisual, control-room and simulation equipment can be substantial. Advanced Healthcare’s 2025 checklist gives planning ranges of €200–€500 per square metre for renovation, €50,000–€150,000 for a standard equipment set per room, €1,000–€15,000 for advanced task trainers and 5–10% of capital annually for maintenance. It describes introductory laboratories around €100,000–€250,000 and advanced surgical or virtual-reality labs above €500,000. These are euro-denominated vendor ranges with regional variation, not a US bid.
Clinical systems can dominate the shell comparison. Modulars.org lists medical-gas outlets at about $700–$1,500 each, a complete oxygen-vacuum-air group at $2,200–$4,000, procedure-heavy gas distribution at $30–$45/sq ft, general diagnostic X-ray shielding at $18–$35/sq ft, MRI shielding at $50–$120/sq ft, an X-ray room premium of $40,000–$80,000 and a complete MRI suite at $800,000–$1.5 million. A simulation room may omit real gases and imaging, or include them for fidelity; the choice changes the budget. Imaging rooms also require a live load of roughly 80–100 pounds/sq ft in the cited guidance.
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Mechanical, electrical and plumbing typically represent 30–40% of hard cost in a medical facility, versus 15–20% in a standard office and 40–50% in complex clinical space, according to Modulars.org. Factory installation can reduce site rework, but it does not make infection-control HVAC, specialist power or medical gas free. Site work and installation commonly add 30–50% to a module price; complex projects can add 30–60% for foundations, utilities, permits, landscaping and excluded clinical equipment.
Use time-to-teaching as the value test
The strongest financial case is often opening earlier, not paying less per square foot. Modulars.org argues that a facility opening six months sooner can avoid six months of general-conditions overhead and allow earlier service or student throughput. For a nursing programme, the benefit may be additional cohorts and clinical seats rather than patient revenue. It remains a planning hypothesis: AnMed Medical Center and Tri-County Technical College announced a 30,000-square-foot centre with classrooms, a computer lab and two simulation laboratories to help grow a cohort from 60 students per semester toward 160 within five years, but did not disclose capital cost or opening date.
How much faster is modular medical construction?
Schedule improvement is more consistent than cost improvement because factory fabrication can overlap with site preparation. While foundations are poured and utilities are brought to the site, modules or panels are built indoors. Carbone described it to La Presse: “Pendant qu’on fait les fondations sur le chantier, on peut travailler en usine.” He also cautioned that the literature does not establish one exact saving and that “On parle souvent de 25 à 40 % de raccourcissement de l’échéancier.”
| Published range or example | What it covers | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 9–12 months modular versus 18–24 months traditional | Healthcare comparison in the Modulars.org guide | Buying-guide attribution, not an audited simulation-centre study |
| 8–12 weeks | Small relocatable clinical unit of 10–15 rooms | Small-unit example; approvals and site readiness still apply |
| 3–6 months modular versus 12–18 months traditional | Modular laboratory comparison | Guide range |
| Less than nine months | 36-room permanent modular cancerology building at Maisonneuve-Rosemont | Project report in La Presse; not a teaching centre |
| About seven to eight months | Four Quebec hospital modular buildings delivered during the pandemic | Groupe RCM statement; emergency-period context |
| 510 days and 15 months saved | 100,000-square-foot Athens Medical Campus; up to 95% prefabrication | Modular Building Institute award profile, not an independent audit |
| 65 versus 120 days | Peruvian thesis comparison of two different hospitalisation rooms | Different hospitals and sizes; illustrative only, not a paired experiment |
GS Modular similarly reports 30–50% faster delivery, with eight to 16 weeks for a small ward or relocatable unit and 12–24 months from design sign-off to occupancy for a full modular hospital. Design sign-off is important: it is not the date an owner first requests a building.
Approvals can erase the factory advantage. Modulars.org identifies California’s healthcare preapproval programmes as a major schedule lever where they apply; custom seismic and component reviews can be slow. A stand-alone simulation centre that is not a licensed hospital may avoid that pathway, while a centre embedded in a licensed hospital project may inherit owner or authority requirements. AHIA warns that design, planning and compliance routes not aligned to prefabrication create delay and complexity.
Early design freeze is the trade-off. AHIA states: “When MMC is treated as an afterthought or retrofit solution, many of its advantages, such as design standardisation, offsite efficiencies, and program certainty, are significantly diminished.” Select the method in the business case, involve the contractor and manufacturer early, standardise room types and assign responsibility for every prefabricated element.
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Yes. A separate building—modular or traditional—can avoid the infection-control burden of renovating occupied patient space. Modular adds value when it shortens the period of cranes, deliveries, noise and dust next to clinical operations. AHIA says factory production reduces on-site activity and therefore disruption to vulnerable patients.
Healthcare renovation is common: a 2026 Healthcare Design survey cited by STARC Systems says 65% of projects completed in 2025 were renovations, up from 56% in 2024. If the teaching rooms are carved out of an existing hospital floor, infection-control risk assessment (ICRA) becomes a real cost and schedule item. Modulars.org gives a 5–15% planning range for infection-control measures during an occupied addition or renovation.
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STARC’s summary of ASHE ICRA 2.0 describes a matrix that classifies the work from Type A to Type D and nearby patients from Low to Highest risk. Major demolition beside intensive care can reach Class V. Typical controls include NFPA 241-compliant critical barriers, sealed penetrations, HEPA exhaust to outdoors under negative pressure with continuous monitoring, an anteroom and an infection-control permit. These controls are renovation requirements, not proof that one barrier product is superior. A detached module on a clean parcel may avoid them; a module craned into a live clinical floor does not.
Site logistics still need a written plan: route and turning radius for modules, crane location and lifting windows, temporary road closures, utility shutdowns, fire-lane access, student separation from clinical traffic and weather protection at every connection. A difficult route or delayed permit can consume the time saved in the factory.
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Repeatable rooms favour modular or panelised work. Spaces that need long clear spans, unusual heights or continual reconfiguration usually favour a hybrid structural grid with a site-built interior.
Strong modular candidates
- Repeated exam-style skills rooms, medication rooms and standard classrooms.
- Identical debrief rooms, toilets, staff support rooms and service risers.
- A rectangular teaching wing of several thousand to tens of thousands of square feet.
- Temporary or relocatable capacity during a renovation or enrolment surge.
Road-legal module widths limit room size. Waiting rooms, large procedure rooms and immersive theatres may cross a module seam; that is manageable only when the seam, structure, acoustics and services are designed deliberately. Plan spare electrical capacity and a connection wall if future modules are likely.
Strong hybrid candidates
AHIA’s hybrid model fits a centre with a repeatable skills wing plus one or two large simulation theatres, a public lobby or a bridge to an existing hospital. Athens Medical Campus used a two-storey, four-module pedestrian bridge between its modular hospital and a site-built parking structure, demonstrating that connections can be designed without making every part of a campus modular.
Where traditional construction can win
- Black-box theatres needing large column-free areas or unusual ceiling heights.
- Large atriums, complex vertical circulation and extensive basements.
- Sites without crane access or with no practical module route.
- One-off architecture where little of the plan repeats.
- Flex laboratories requiring frequent changes to walls, ceilings, services and technology.
HGA’s 2025 guidance on future-ready simulation spaces says centres must anticipate virtual, augmented and mixed reality, artificial intelligence, surgical robotics, telehealth and interdisciplinary care. It recommends technology-agnostic flex labs that can represent inpatient, outpatient or specialty scenarios. A fully finished volumetric room can make future changes expensive. A structural grid with generous ceiling plenum, accessible services and reconfigurable partitions often provides a better hybrid solution.
How should the education programme determine building size?
Capacity depends on scenarios, staffing and operating rules before it depends on wall construction. Nurse Educator planning rules of thumb suggest about 100–150 usable square feet per student in a classroom session, one simulation bay per six to eight students with others observing, and a two-lab suite cycling roughly 16–24 students in a morning or afternoon after setup and debrief.
Ask the design team to document which scenarios use high-fidelity manikins versus task trainers; whether control and debrief rooms are dedicated; whether students can run a complete medication pass; where carts and consumables are stored; and whether the lab is shared with hospital staff. A hospital–college partnership may use one of three models: the hospital owns space leased by the college, the hospital funds an expansion of a college-owned laboratory, or both parties co-invest in a shared centre. The agreement must set calendar priority, equipment ownership, maintenance, instructors, security and peak-term access.
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Simulation can expand capacity, but it does not automatically replace clinical placement. Nurse Educator reports that CCNE treats simulation as an augmentation of clinical experience and ACEN emphasises competencies, qualified faculty, evaluation and structured debriefing. State boards differ; Wisconsin is cited as allowing simulation for up to 50% of designated clinical time with documented faculty training. The NCSBN National Simulation Study is cited as finding that up to 50% of traditional clinical hours can be replaced with high-quality simulation when trained facilitators, structured prebrief and debrief and documented outcomes are present. Confirm the rule in the state where the programme is approved before sizing the facility around a replacement percentage.
Why test workflows before modules are released?
Factory production makes late changes expensive. A 2024 hospital design-testing study (PubMed Central article PMC11567707) used a warehouse cardboard mock-up before construction. In a 19-storey, more-than-400-bed, 1.5-million-square-foot hospital, 883 frontline staff ran 146 scenarios over 41 days. They identified 722 design-related latent conditions; 57% were mitigated by design changes. The study associated those changes with $91,142,200 in cost avoidance. Its simulation cost was $1,678,938, about 0.01% of the project cost, and 117 conditions (28%) were estimated to cost more than $1 million each to fix after construction.
The lesson applies directly to a modular teaching centre: run workflow simulations before design freeze, ideally limiting the process to two planned rounds so iteration does not break procurement. Test sightlines between bays and control rooms, debrief-room capacity, medication-room location, cart storage, equipment charging, camera coverage, acoustics, accessibility and the path for replacing a large manikin or robotic device. A cardboard or digital mock-up is cheaper than cutting open a closed module.
What codes and approvals apply in the United States?
Commercial modular buildings are not HUD manufactured housing. They are designed to the same adopted model codes as site-built commercial buildings, while an industrialised-building programme inspects work in the factory and issues the state insignia. Confirm that the manufacturer is approved in the project state before contract. Wind, snow and seismic loads are site-specific under ASCE 7; an engineering package from another region is not transferable without review.
Occupancy classification is a critical fork. A stand-alone simulation centre without overnight patients is generally International Building Code Group B business occupancy. Inpatient, 24-hour care is Group I-2. A room dressed as an intensive-care unit does not by itself make a teaching centre I-2, although a hospital owner or authority may impose higher standards.
The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) guidelines have been adopted in some form by 42 states, according to the cited buying guides. Editions and amendments vary. Modulars.org summarises examples attributed to FGI: operating rooms at 25 air changes per hour with 100% outside air and positive pressure, isolation rooms at 12 air changes with negative pressure, general patient rooms at 6–8 air changes, and minimum areas of 250 square feet for a patient room, 300–400 or more for intensive care and 600 for a general operating room. A simulated operating room may copy those conditions for fidelity without being legally required to meet every clinical-room rule. The mechanical engineer must confirm the adopted edition and the actual occupancy trigger; overbuilding HVAC wastes capital, while underbuilding prevents credible scenarios.
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Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What are the sustainability and quality trade-offs?
Factory cutting can reduce waste, deliveries and weather exposure, while repeatable modules can be disassembled or reused. The Athens Medical Campus award profile reports waste below 1%, 400 tons of greenhouse-gas emissions prevented and 230 tons of material recycled; those are project claims in an award narrative, not independently verified benchmarks. AHIA presents waste reduction and fewer site deliveries as qualitative MMC benefits. Iordanova told La Presse that factory work can reduce accidents and that demountable buildings may be reused elsewhere, but no healthcare injury-rate study is provided.
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Quality depends on the manufacturer, inspection regime and interface detailing. Ask for the state modular insignia, structural certification, ISO 9001 or equivalent quality system, warranty responsibilities, maintenance access, fire-stopping records, acoustic performance, water-intrusion testing and completed healthcare references. AHIA notes that concerns about durability, warranties and maintenance can push owners back to conventional procurement; those risks should be assigned in the contract rather than assumed away.
How should an owner choose the delivery method?
- Define the educational operating model. Set enrolment targets, scenario mix, bay-to-student ratios, debriefing, technology, shared-use rules and the percentage of clinical hours permitted by the relevant board.
- Separate clinical fidelity from legal requirements. Decide which rooms need real medical gas, imaging shielding, clinical air changes or only simulated equivalents.
- Map repeatability. Count identical rooms, service pods and classrooms. Mark theatres, bridges, atriums, basements and rooms needing clear spans or unusual heights.
- Classify the site. Record module routes, crane pads, utilities, soil, seismic and weather exposure, neighbouring patient areas and whether an ICRA plan is required.
- Choose permanent, relocatable or hybrid. A permanent foundation and real-property life differ from a swing-space unit. Do not compare their prices as if they were interchangeable.
- Bring the factory and contractor into concept design. Freeze structural grids, module dimensions, connection details, service zones and procurement responsibilities before detailed design.
- Run workflow mock-ups. Use cardboard, full-scale zones or digital simulation to test staff movement, observation, control, debrief, storage and technology replacement before release for manufacture.
- Price the same scope. Request separate lines for module supply, transport, crane, foundations, site utilities, permits, design, infection control, audiovisual systems, manikins, furniture, commissioning, contingency and owner costs.
- Build a schedule including approvals. Show design freeze, factory slots, site preparation, inspections, state insignia, licensing, commissioning, faculty training and first cohort—not only fabrication days.
- Write the partnership agreement. Identify ownership, insurance, maintenance, equipment replacement, room booking, peak-term priority, data and responsibility for accreditation evidence.
A decision matrix should score each option on time to first cohort, first cost, cost certainty, repeatability, future reconfiguration, disruption, occupancy and guideline triggers, equipment budget, module access, ownership and simulation-hour rules. That comparison is more reliable than selecting a method from a single saving percentage.
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- Site acquisition, survey, geotechnical work, utilities and enabling works.
- Foundations, structure, envelope, transport, crane, module connections and weather protection.
- HVAC, electrical capacity, emergency power, data, audiovisual capture, acoustics and lighting.
- Medical gas, shielding and specialist equipment only where the educational brief requires them.
- Manikins, task trainers, beds, carts, monitors, control-room systems, debrief recording and furniture.
- Permits, code review, modular inspection, commissioning, infection-control barriers and air monitoring where applicable.
- Faculty training, scenario development, annual maintenance and a replacement reserve for technology.
- Contingency for supply-chain volatility. The 2024 ASHE Hospital Construction Survey, quoted in Joint Commission International sample pages, found that over three years 49% of hospital projects had cost increases of up to 25% from supply-chain, equipment, material and skilled-labour pressures.
Canadian mega-hospital figures illustrate why scope must be controlled: Stantec reported hospitals that cost under C$600/sq ft in 2017 coming in above C$2,500/sq ft, and mega-hospitals over one million square feet starting around C$2.5 billion. A teaching wing may have a lower resiliency brief than an adjacent inpatient building, as Stantec notes for an academic teaching portion in British Columbia, but that does not make its simulation equipment or technology inexpensive.
What is the practical verdict for a nursing or allied-health centre?
Choose permanent volumetric modular when the programme is repetitive, the site is accessible, the first cohort date is critical and the design team can freeze the plan early. Choose relocatable modular for swing space or a temporary surge, not by default for a permanent flagship. Choose panelised or hybrid MMC when repeated skills rooms can be factory-made but theatres, bridges, lobbies or future-flex interiors need conventional freedom. Choose traditional construction when the brief is highly bespoke, the site cannot receive modules or the centre must change radically without opening walls.
In every case, compare an identical scope and include the shell, site, clinical systems, audiovisual technology, equipment, approvals, commissioning and operating agreement. Modular is code-equivalent when properly designed and approved; it is not automatically cheaper. Its most defensible advantages for medical education are overlapping construction, earlier teaching capacity and less disruption near patients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a simulation centre use the same building codes as a hospital?
Yes, a commercial modular simulation centre is designed to the codes adopted for its occupancy, just like a site-built building. It normally has a business or educational occupancy rather than inpatient Group I-2, but the owner, state health department or authority having jurisdiction may require higher healthcare standards.
How long does it take to commission a medical simulation lab after the building is finished?
The cited equipment checklist allows roughly six to 12 months for construction completion, procurement, staff training and budget approvals for a fully functional laboratory. Commissioning should include scenario validation, audiovisual testing, infection-control checks where relevant and faculty preparation, not just installation of manikins.
Can simulation hours replace clinical placements for nursing students?
Only within the limits set by the programme’s accreditor and state board. The evidence cited allows up to 50% in some circumstances when faculty are trained and prebriefing, debriefing and outcomes are documented; other jurisdictions permit less.
What ownership model works when a hospital and college share a training building?
Common models are hospital ownership with a college lease, a college-owned laboratory expanded with hospital funding, or a jointly funded centre. The agreement should define room-booking priority, equipment replacement, maintenance, instructors, insurance, data and responsibility for accreditation records.
