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Board certification is the process by which a physician or other professional in the United States demonstrates a mastery of basic knowledge and skills through written, practical, or simulator-based testing. ==Certification bodies== There are 24 boards that certify physician specialists in the United States and there is no legal requirement to attain it. Some hospitals may demand that physicians must be board certified to get privileges. The commonly used acronym BE/BC (board eligible/board certified) refers to a doctor who is eligible or is certfied to practice medicine in a particular field. The term ''board certified'' is also used in the nursing field, where a candidate with advanced mastery of a nursing specialty can also become eligible to be Board Certified.〔(American Board of Nursing Specialty )〕 Board certification is also used in the field of pharmacy, where a pharmacist can be recognized in specialized areas of advanced pharmacy practice after fulfilling eligibility requirements and passing a certification examination.〔(Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties )〕 Doctoral level psychologists (Ph.D., or Psy.D.) may also be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, or the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology or the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Board certification is available to a licensed attorney (J.D.) in the United States as well. Many state bar associations, including Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas, offer board certification in various specialty areas, such as admiralty law, civil trial law, estate planning (or wills, trusts, and estates) law, family (and/or marital) law, immigration law, and tax law. Other organizations also offer certification, with some being accredited by the American Bar Association. The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Specialization offers extensive resources to attorneys and consumers.〔(Standing Committee on Specialization )〕 At least one state allows board certified attorneys to use an acronym similar to board certified doctors: The Florida Bar only allows its certified attorneys to use the acronym B.C.S. to identify themselves as board certified, "experts," or "specialists."〔http://www.floridabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/Attachments/53249E61C0B0107A85256F73005424F0/$FILE/Board%20Certification%20Q%20&%20A.pdf?OpenElement (Accessed May 15, 2013)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Board certification」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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