Independent Governance Structure for Standards Oversight and Accreditation Integrity
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FRBH operates under a formal governance framework designed to preserve independence, structural impartiality, fiduciary oversight, and public trust across its standards-setting and accreditation functions governing organizational safeguards related to occupational psychological hazard exposure.

Governance Principles

The FRBH governance framework is designed to preserve:

• Structural independence

• Accreditation impartiality

• Fiduciary oversight

• Governance accountability

• Separation of authority across standards-setting, accreditation, and administrative functions

Standards adoption and accreditation determinations are structurally insulated from operational, financial, political, commercial, advisory, and external influence.

Board of Directors - Governing Authority
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The Board of Directors serves as FRBH’s highest fiduciary and governance authority and safeguards the mission, structural independence, and institutional integrity of the organization.

Responsibilities include:

• Adoption and oversight of the FRBH National Standard

• Protection of accreditation independence

• Approval of governance and organizational policy

• Fiduciary and organizational oversight

Board members serve defined terms in accordance with documented FRBH governance policy.

Accreditation Review Council (ARC) - Accreditation Decision Authority

The Accreditation Review Council (ARC) renders accreditation determinations in accordance with documented governance procedures, impartiality safeguards, and conflict-of-interest requirements.

The ARC operates independently from executive administration, advisory functions, operational management, and external influence.

Responsibilities include:

• Review of independent evaluation findings

• Accreditation determinations

• Enforcement of conflict-of-interest safeguards

• Recusal where required under governance policy

ARC members serve defined terms in accordance with documented FRBH governance policy.

Executive Leadership - Administrative Authority

The Executive Leadership Team manages administrative operations and execution of policies adopted by the Board of Directors.

Executive leadership holds no authority over accreditation determinations.Responsibilities include:

• Administrative operations

• Standards publication and dissemination

• Coordination of accreditation activities

• Organizational management and administration

Independence & Impartiality

Standards adoption, accreditation review, and accreditation determinations are structurally insulated from operational, commercial, financial, political, advisory, and external influence.

All governing and accreditation decision-making bodies operate under documented conflict-of-interest disclosure, review, impartiality, and recusal requirements.

Governance procedures are maintained through formally adopted charters, policies, standards oversight procedures, and accreditation governance documentation.

The FRBH governance framework is designed to support nationally consistent, independent, and impartial standards oversight and accreditation determinations.
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