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Peer reviewedBoggs, David; And Others – Nursing Outlook, 1987
The authors describe the development of a state competency statement for two categories of those entering nursing in future. The task force developing this particular statement was located in Ohio. (CH)
Descriptors: Competence, Credentials, Nursing, Nursing Education
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Thomas L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Credentialing examinations have been relatively immune from legal attack based on allegations that the examinations lack validity. The extent of the present legal obligation to demonstrate the validity of credentialing examinations is analyzed in three areas: (1) the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) the Constitution; and (3) antitrust laws.…
Descriptors: Certification, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Credentials
Download full textContee, Jerome A., Ed. – 1981
This report contains several articles on drug abuse worker credentialing, and provides an update on information about credentialing policies and reciprocity efforts of the states. The first article reports on a meeting of the credentialing/reciprocity task force comprised of representatives from 10 states which have exhibited leadership in the…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Anthologies, College Credits, Counselor Certification
Shimberg, Benjamin – 1976
This report summarizes, and gives a full report, of a feasibility study involving a discussion of problems and issues related to occupational and professional regulation that took place during four regional conferences attended by nearly 100 officials from 30 states. Participants included state legislators, licensing administrators, attorneys…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Cooperative Planning, Credentials
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
A House of Representatives report on the practice of a profession with fradulent credentials is presented. Attention is directed to the provision of medical care by unlicensed and unqualified people posing as doctors, fraudulent credentials across a range of occupations, especially those affecting the elderly, and fraudulent credentials held by…
Descriptors: Advertising, Correspondence Schools, Credentials, Crime
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1984
The purchase of fraudulent medical degrees and credentials and the provision of medical care by unqualified people posing as doctors are the subject of these hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives. Investigations revealed the following findings: U.S. citizens who graduated from foreign medical school have received medical licenses…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Certification, Cheating, Credentials
McPherran, Archie L.; Smith, Robert E. – 1980
Alternatives and recommendations to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges are presented for the accreditation of college academic and administrative personnel. The report first describes the present California credentials law, under which the Board of Governors is limited to prescribing professional or vocational experience…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
