Mandatory reporting of health practitioners - notifiable conduct.

Case histories are based on actual medical negligence claims or medicolegal referrals; however certain facts have been omitted or changed by the author to ensure the anonymity of the parties involved. On 26 March 2008, the Council of Australian Governments signed an Intergovernmental Agreement for a National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions. The new scheme is scheduled to be introduced on 1 July 2010. As part of the scheme all registered health practitioners will be legally required to report any other registered health practitioner who has behaved in a manner that constitutes 'notifiable conduct'. The threshold to be met to trigger the requirement to report notifiable conduct in relation to a practitioner is high, and the practitioner or employer must have first formed a 'reasonable belief' that the behaviour constitutes notifiable conduct. This article discusses this new legislation, the circumstances in which a colleague's conduct must be reported and how a notification should be made.

LWP update 3: revalidation and limited licensure.

In this series, key recommendations by the RCVS Legislation Working Party (LWP) are explored by those directly involved in making them. Here, former RCVS council member Amanda Boag discusses proposals for revalidating vets and limited licensure.

Community and family nurse: Present keys, future challenges. / Enfermería Familiar y Comunitaria: claves de presente, retos de futuro.

It is the mission of the Community and Family Nurse through an integral and holistic approach to accompany people from cradle to death in developing their health potential, and promote different family, work and social environments to facilitate this development. Throughout history, various international, European and national organizations have regulated the figure of the Community and Family Nurse, and now their functions, powers and professional performance are fully regulated. The Community and Family Nurse can respond to the needs of a changing population and take on new responsibilities in management and research. Their extensive basic and advanced skills gathered under a rigorous training programme, benefit the health system, the nursing profession, citizenry and its communities. Many challenges remain for the Health Departments of each Autonomous Region to make it possible for this specialty to develop its full potential for improving care.

The creation and implementation of the newly implemented Korean Health Education Specialist certification.

Professional competencies, standards, and professional preparation of public health professionals, which includes health education and health promotion competencies, is documented in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States. Preparing a competent public health education workforce is a newly established priority of the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare. In 2010, the first ever Health Education Specialist credential was implemented in South Korea. This commentary describes the creation and implementation of the Health Education Specialist credential and initial workforce preparation outcomes of the new credential.

White paper on occupational regulation.

There are many ways that occupations are regulated, with the degree of regulation usually depending on the amount of harm to the public that lack of regulation could bring. Strict regulations, such as mandatory licensure, are established through state law and maintained by a state board. Less strict regulations, such as voluntary credentialing, may be requirements by employers or third-party payers. This white paper reviews the possible approaches ASET could take toward regulation of the practice of electroneurodiagnostic technology: maintain position of neutrality, advocate for no statutory regulation of END, advocate for statutory regulation of END, or advocate for voluntary credentialing. The routes taken by other allied health fields are outlined, with exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, as well as what would be required of ASET in terms of time and other resources to achieve each option. The appendix is a summary of entry requirements of several healthcare professions.

Don't get underrepresented.

Beware of the situations that can arise when a nurse fails to retain an attorney, hires a generalist when the case requires a specialist, or shares an attorney with other parties in the same case. Check your answers to the following questions at http://www.nursingmanagement.com.

[Nurses and the Mercosul regulations and control of professional practice]. / Enfermeiros e o Mercosul: regulamentação e controle do exercício profissional.

A study comparing the regulation and control of the professional practice of nurses in Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, delineating their particularities, differences and similarities in the perspective of the implementation of the Cone Sul Common Market, which presupposes the free circulation of workers in the workplaces of the member-countries of the Ascnsion Treaty.

Desarrollo y mantenimiento profesional / Professional development and maintenance

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