Currently, in health care, licensure is a regulatory process in each state to ensure its health care professionals are minimally competent and protects public safety (Thompson & Robin, 2012). Licensure is a state’s grant of legal authority to practice a profession within a designated scope of practice. Under the licensure system, states define each health care licensure by statute, the tasks and function or scope of practice of a profession and provide that these tasks may be legally performed only by those who are licensed. As such, licensure prohibits anyone from practicing the profession who is not licensed, regardless of whether or not the individual has been certified by a private organization. In this paper we contrast the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and the Arkansas State Board of Health- Section of Emergency Medical Services and how each board establishes professional standards and protect public safety.
Professional Boards contrasted and summarized The two professional boards highlighted in this section will summarize professional boards serving both pre-hospital and hospital professionals. The two boards contrasting boards identified in this section will be the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and the Arkansas State Board of Health-Section of EMS. The two boards while they are different are comparable in functions,
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In this section we will look at the professional standards established and how they were accepted by each of the boards. The purpose of professional standards is to describe at bare minimum of what a professional should be. Each board chosen, in this paper, purpose is to reflect a desired achievable level of performance in which all other can be measured form minimal competency. The professional standards, in this section, will pertain to licensure requirements and education/training in each