Re: state license = BOC = ABC
Gingras, Ron
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Re: state license = BOC = ABC
Creator:
Gingras, Ron
Date:
8/9/2004
Text:
Hi Ted
This is a glaring example why states should not tie qualifications for
licensure to certifcations when seeking state licensure. Additionally, the
cavalier attitude that ABC has exhibited to their certifees (not voting
members, and happy to tell you that) and the patients we care for, only
underlines the need for state licensure. State licensure excluding
certificatiions is the only way that patient care and your educational
credentials will not be compromised or manipulated for profit , political
reasons or just a plain old void in meaningful and prudent leadership.
We need to take on the responsiblity as practitioners for high O and P
standards of patient care individually, state by state. Time and again the
leadership of our O and P organizations have only undermined efforts to
provide this level of care.
Get behind your state organizations and work for justice in patient care,
the rest will take care of itself.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted A. Trower [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:18 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] state license = BOC = ABC
How many of you are aware that BOC has offered certification to all state
licensed O&P providers?
<URL Redacted>
Thus now that a BOC credential is convertible to an ABC credential, every
uncredentialed practicitioner grandfathered into state licensure has a
simple and quick pathway to an ABC credential. I'm not sure that this
actually applies to very many individuals but the whole idea certainly is
irritating.
^
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, MI, USA
www.amputee.com
This is a glaring example why states should not tie qualifications for
licensure to certifcations when seeking state licensure. Additionally, the
cavalier attitude that ABC has exhibited to their certifees (not voting
members, and happy to tell you that) and the patients we care for, only
underlines the need for state licensure. State licensure excluding
certificatiions is the only way that patient care and your educational
credentials will not be compromised or manipulated for profit , political
reasons or just a plain old void in meaningful and prudent leadership.
We need to take on the responsiblity as practitioners for high O and P
standards of patient care individually, state by state. Time and again the
leadership of our O and P organizations have only undermined efforts to
provide this level of care.
Get behind your state organizations and work for justice in patient care,
the rest will take care of itself.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted A. Trower [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 5:18 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] state license = BOC = ABC
How many of you are aware that BOC has offered certification to all state
licensed O&P providers?
<URL Redacted>
Thus now that a BOC credential is convertible to an ABC credential, every
uncredentialed practicitioner grandfathered into state licensure has a
simple and quick pathway to an ABC credential. I'm not sure that this
actually applies to very many individuals but the whole idea certainly is
irritating.
^
Ted A. Trower C.P.O.
A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Jackson, MI, USA
www.amputee.com
Citation
Gingras, Ron, “Re: state license = BOC = ABC,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/223564.
