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Instructions to Submit
To facilitate submission of your/your organization's guidelines, we offer this guidance:
1.	Download the Guidelines Submission Kit below. This Kit includes various documents to assist you in the submission process. See Submission FAQs for examples of guideline documentation submitted to NGC from participating guideline developers.
2.	Include the following in your Guideline Submission:
•	The guideline document and any supporting guideline documentation.
•	The name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of an appropriate contact person.
•	A completed Copyright Agreement Form.

3.	Prepare your submission using the following guides:
•	Review the NGC Inclusion Criteria (available in the Guideline Submission Kit). Guideline submissions must meet all of the criteria in NGC's Inclusion Criteria.
•	Refer to the Guideline Submission Checklist (available in the Guideline Submission Kit) for guidance on how to prepare your submission. This checklist will assist you in providing the necessary information and/or documentation that is required by NGC.
•	Complete the Copyright Agreement Form (available in the Guideline Submission Kit). NGC must receive copyright permission to abstract and post the guideline summaries before your organization's guidelines can be included on the NGC Web site (unless the guidelines are in the public domain).

4.	Your Guideline Submission can be submitted in one of two ways:
•	Electronic submissions (preferred). Requests to submit electronically should be sent to Vivian Coates, NGC/NQMC Project Director, at info@guideline.gov.
•	Two (2) paper copies of the guideline and its supporting documentation. Include a listing of the titles being submitted for consideration. Paper copy submissions should be sent to:
Vivian Coates
NGC/NQMC Project Director
ECRI Institute
5200 Butler Pike
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Questions regarding submissions can be directed to Ms. Coates at info@guideline.gov.
For Additional Information
Additional information regarding NGC is available from Mary Nix, Project Officer, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), e-mail: info@guideline.gov.
Are You Also a Measure Developer?
Visit our Sister Site, the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), and submit your evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.