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Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.), formerly the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA), is a non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado, that promotes the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding and other equine-assisted activities and therapies for people with physical, emotional and learning disabilities.
National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies (NCHCA) The Institute for Credentialing Excellence ( I.C.E.) is one of the two main U.S. organizations that accredit personnel certifications or certificates. [5] [4] [nb 1] In November 2009 the ICE formally changed its name from the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States, [1] as of 2011 certifying over 75,000 APRNs, including nurse practitioners and clinical ...
ISO/IEC 17024. ISO/IEC 17024: Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons is an ISO / IEC standard which specifies criteria for the operation of a personnel certification body (also known as a 'certification body for persons'). The standard includes requirements for the development and maintenance ...
A Personnel Certification Body is an organization that awards credentials to individuals meeting specific competence requirements relating to a profession, an occupation, a job or a portion of a job. A personnel certification body develops criteria against which an individual needs to demonstrate competencies and ensures that these criteria are ...
product certifications (many nations) Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance tests and quality assurance tests, and meets qualification criteria stipulated in contracts, regulations, or specifications (sometimes called "certification schemes" in the product ...
The American Board of Physician Specialties ( ABPS ), the official certifying body for the American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) is a non-profit umbrella organization for sixteen medical specialty boards that certifies and re-certifies physicians in fourteen medical specialties in the United States and Canada.
Established in 1939, the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists ( BOS) is the supervisory body for the AOA's 16 Specialty Certifying Boards in the United States. The BOS establishes and enforces policy for board certification through the AOA Specialty Certifying Boards and maintains high standards for ...