10:501:260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Professional Certification, Board Certification, Primary Care Physician
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***state/national certification: state or voluntary professional organizations attest to education and performance abilities, examples: national boards; commission on accreditation of allied health education. Programs: no legal basis to prevent incompetent or impaired practice; only probation or revoking certification, payers or employers insist on certification. Example would be board certification in a specialty. Registration: begun by various professions as a means to network for jobs among employers, general public, registration requirements range from listings of individuals to national registration programs requiring educational and testing qualifications (e. g. registered dietitian). The certification is not required in all 50 states, but it is highly recommended because many employers require their cnss to have it. Primary care podiatric medicine, diabetic foot wound care and footwear, limb preservation and salvage, or podiatric surgery: licensure required in all states. Allied health personnel: 200+ occupations supplement work of physicians, dentists, other health professionals within 80 allied health fields, four categories, i. )