medical board
Physician oversight committee
A medical board is a governmental body that regulates the practice of medicine within a jurisdiction—licensing physicians, investigating complaints, and disciplining those who violate standards.
Separately, a medical board is a panel of physicians convened to evaluate a patient's condition, often for military fitness or disability determinations: He appeared before a medical board after his injury.
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- licensing authorityEntity granting official permits
- reviewCritical written assessment
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- agencyPower to act
credentialing · certification · revocation · disciplinary action · due process · public hearing · clinical guidelines · adjudication · commission · bylaws · sanctions · chairperson · patient safety · committees · healthcare policy · continuing education · competency · residency
- regulatory boardslicensing boards, state boards, nursing boards, dental boards, education boards
- health lawhealthcare laws, health law, drug regulation, insurance law, vaccination mandates
- health organizationshospital, clinic, WHO, CDC, NIH
- licensing agenciesprofessional licensing, licensing authority, bar association, DMV, vehicle registration
- licensing boardslaw society
- medical lawmalpractice, informed consent, duty of care, patient rights, standard of care
medical boardquackery
Fraudulent medical practice
medical malpractice · revoked license · folk healer · snake oil salesman · charlatan