Report of the Meeting to Discuss the Feasibility of a National System of Certification for Allied Health Personnel, Held at Linden Hill Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland on January 15-16, 1975.

摘要

DHEW Secretary's 1971 report to the Congress on Licensure and Related Health Personnel Credentialing charged the Assistant Secretary for Health to initiate a study on the feasibility of establishing a national system of certification of appropriate categories of health personnel. The study, completed in 1974 by the Institute of Public Administration, recommended a national system based on voluntary collaboration of certifying bodies. This is a report of a meeting of the professional organizations that participated in the report to consider appropriate further steps. The group concluded that better communication and coordination among certifying bodies would be useful, but the need, form and function of a national certifying body required more study and documentation than was provided in the 1974 report.