Funding and fees
Funding for the DAP
Funding comes primarily from annual fees paid by public and private diagnostic facilities accredited by the DAP.
- Public facilities’ fees are paid by health authorities, which are responsible for the public diagnostic facilities in British Columbia. The Ministry of Health pays this annually in lump sum.
- Private facilities’ fees are paid by individual facilities accredited by the DAP.
Remaining revenue sources include investment income and application fees.
Fees
All accredited diagnostic facilities/services are subject to annual fees.
The annual fees are determined based on the following:
- type of facility
- types of services
- number of services provided
The DAP does not invoice facilities for the costs associated with on-site assessments.
New facility application fee
Fee: C$2,000
This fee accompanies an application for accreditation by a new non-accredited facility. The application fee includes conducting the on-site initial assessment.
A new facility is not subject to annual fees for the current fiscal year in which they are accredited.
Unscheduled assessment fee
Fee: C$1,500
These assessments are usually conducted at the direction of the DAP Committee to gain additional information on a specific area of activity in a facility.
Initial assessment of new service fee
Fee: C$1,000
This fee applies to an already accredited facility that has expanded service to provide another modality/discipline.
Relocation fee
Fee: C$1,000
This fee applies to an already accredited facility that is relocating to another physical location.
This applies to moves within the same facility (e.g. relocation to a different section of a hospital or building) and to moves involving a different physical address. In order to be eligible for a relocation visit, the facility must retain the same scope of service and have no significant change to technical, administrative or medical leadership.