TY  - JOUR
T1  - LIcensure of health occupations
Y1  - 1969/06/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160110126023
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2154
EP  - 2155
VL  - 208
IS  - 11
N2  - Health care is one of the areas in which services are so critically important that incompetence is socially intolerable. Licensure developed as the tool to assure public protection when the states first assumed responsibility for regulating health professions. Official licensure establishes and enforces minimal standards of education and training for entering and remaining in the practice of from 11 to 25 controlled health professions and occupations, depending on the state.The voluntary certification programs developed by the various professions and occupations also assure public protection by improving education and training programs, accrediting such programs and requiring compliance with professional and ethical standards. These voluntary programs are designed to promote excellence in the provision of skilled services and work effectively when changes in practice patterns and the delivery of health services are gradual.The explosion of scientific and technical knowledge with the resulting increased demand for newly developed, special skills has
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160110126023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160110126023
ER  -