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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Credentialing > Licensure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Credentialing > Licensure
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Quality of Health Care > Quality Assurance, Health Care > Credentialing > Licensure
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Quality of Health Care > Quality Assurance, Health Care > Credentialing > Licensure

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Licensure  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Licensing
  • Licensure, Institutional, Personnel
  • Permit
  • Permits

Note

  • by the state; differentiate from ACCREDITATION (by the profession); IM; various boards can go here; specify geog

Scope note

  • The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008004

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