ABC/BOC.....Have no teeth!
KMH - Regional ALB
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Title:
ABC/BOC.....Have no teeth!
Creator:
KMH - Regional ALB
Date:
3/17/2004
Text:
My I express my opinion about the two organizations attempting to become one.......ABC/BOC
Education and professionalism has been dictated to us practitioners for years from the recycled few who seem to always end up in the top positions running our organization. From the mighty pulpit, we have always been instructed to follow this requirement. Then we are instructed to maintain our good standing with ABC, then pay to become an AOPA member with very little benefits which trickle down to practitioners. In summation, pay for educational credits to vendors, recycle the few who believe the organization is their to run, and don't complain to either organization because you have no reason too!
For years I have written letters to our organizational committees concerning the Cannons of Ethics and its enforcement. The only time any action is taken to investigate the violation of ethics is when another governing body such as the local, state, or federal government steps in to make the sanction. Then...will ABC examine the violation and make a recommendation to possible do something about suspension or whatever is they do.
This leads me to believe the only way we can survive as a small group of practitioners is to continue to enact state laws for licensure and establish the parameters of what is needed to become a good standing educated practitioner.. Being Texas licensed, I can inform you that the State has much more power, enforcement, and regulatory structure than anything ABC or AOPA can ever put together. They have the teeth to protect the consumer and the licensed pratitioner who operate with their state. Therefore to established a way for everyone to at least start out on a level playing field state licensure is the best way to forge ahead with our profession. Otherwise you will continue to see ABC with assistance of AOPA push through practitioners within our own ranks to create more unqualified practitioners allowing for good time service as professional experience without the educational background. I wonder if I can become a attorney with years of experience without any formal educ!
ation.
Again this is only my opinion....
Ken Heide, CPO/LPO
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Education and professionalism has been dictated to us practitioners for years from the recycled few who seem to always end up in the top positions running our organization. From the mighty pulpit, we have always been instructed to follow this requirement. Then we are instructed to maintain our good standing with ABC, then pay to become an AOPA member with very little benefits which trickle down to practitioners. In summation, pay for educational credits to vendors, recycle the few who believe the organization is their to run, and don't complain to either organization because you have no reason too!
For years I have written letters to our organizational committees concerning the Cannons of Ethics and its enforcement. The only time any action is taken to investigate the violation of ethics is when another governing body such as the local, state, or federal government steps in to make the sanction. Then...will ABC examine the violation and make a recommendation to possible do something about suspension or whatever is they do.
This leads me to believe the only way we can survive as a small group of practitioners is to continue to enact state laws for licensure and establish the parameters of what is needed to become a good standing educated practitioner.. Being Texas licensed, I can inform you that the State has much more power, enforcement, and regulatory structure than anything ABC or AOPA can ever put together. They have the teeth to protect the consumer and the licensed pratitioner who operate with their state. Therefore to established a way for everyone to at least start out on a level playing field state licensure is the best way to forge ahead with our profession. Otherwise you will continue to see ABC with assistance of AOPA push through practitioners within our own ranks to create more unqualified practitioners allowing for good time service as professional experience without the educational background. I wonder if I can become a attorney with years of experience without any formal educ!
ation.
Again this is only my opinion....
Ken Heide, CPO/LPO
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam
Citation
KMH - Regional ALB, “ABC/BOC.....Have no teeth!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222601.
