In its application, ABA Retirement said it "promotes high standards of practice in the legal profession, " likening its activities to tax-exempt organizations that set standards for products or make recommendations to federal agencies.
The energy firms decided to end the practice after Surrey Trading Standards last year successfully prosecuted SSE for mis-selling.
While such rationing may help to maintain appropriate standards of practice, it limits access to the knowledge to succeed in the healthcare economy.
Dr Jeremy Lee-Potter of the GMC said all patients - including those in prison - were entitled to good standards of practice and care.
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Their aim is to create a network of specialist provision and set standards for best practice.
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The Conference also agreed that media organisations and professional journalists should establish Codes of Conduct to set and maintain standards for newsroom practice as these would reduce the risk of publication of potentially defamatory material.
It was also literacy and numeracy programmes, building on best existing teaching practice, to raise basic standards systematically nationwide - 84, 000 more 11 year-olds a year now up to standard in maths and 60, 000 in English.
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Other reforms include a new unit to monitor standards and spread best practice in the service.
Which standard or best practice is largely irrelevant because the standards are harmonized and the basic activities to be undertaken are largely the same.
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Within the historic Royal Colleges, such as those of surgeons or physicians, excellent practice is celebrated, and proper standards are set, pushed and protected.
The agenda covered the old chestnuts of the debate about the international financial architecture: how to involve the private sector in financial crises, the importance of international standards and codes of good practice, and the need for greater transparency.
One of the recommendations made by the group was for journal editors to ask authors of stem cell research papers to submit data verifying the authenticity of the stem cell line, and an explanation of how they had complied with accepted standards of good cell culture practice.
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Much of what the government can do would not cost much: for example, passing laws to promote stability in teachers' careers and improve training standards, and encouraging and disseminating good practice, whether in teaching methods or school management.
But, if the main objective is to draw all European countries into dialogue, that will not in practice be compatible with the maintenance of uniformly high moral and political standards for membership.
Although the regionals often fly routes in agreements with larger carriers and are governed by the same safety rules, in practice, Mr. McGee says, the regionals often employ lesser standards for crew training, pilot training, and operations and maintenance.
He said he had written to the Parliamentary commissioner for standards to clarify the position in 1996 following the introduction of a new code of practice for MPs.
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