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In medical law and medical licensing, fitness to practise is a concept in the regulation of medicine regarding whether a health professional or social worker should be allowed to work. While fitness to practice can include matters of technical competence, including qualifications the concept also contains questions about the implications of the health of professional and their ethics.[1]
Concerns regarding a professional's fitness to practice are often addressed by professional bodies, though sometimes the decision-making process of these bodies is legislated.[1]: 2 The decisions can involve quasi-judicial proceedings, that are constrained in some countries by judicial review on the grounds of procedural fairness.
Some countries maintain a register of people who are allowed to work in a particular healthcare field, and through legislation these titles are "protected" so that individuals not on this register (or removed from this register) cannot use a this title.
A professional deemed to not be fit to practice may no longer be able to practice.
- ^ a b Horowitz, Ruth (2013). In the public interest : medical licensing and the disciplinary process. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-5428-0. OCLC 830022784.