abstract:Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is the process of allegedly keeping physician certification up-to-date through one of the 24 approved medical specialty boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) as well as some of the medical specialty boards of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Some studies, funded and performed by highly conflicted employees of the member boards, have shown that board certified physicians deliver may higher quality care than their non-certified colleagues and that board certification is correlated with:
Howshould a certificationbodyevaluate a managementsystem with respect to legal compliancebeforegrantingcertificationandduring the maintenanceofcertification?
Efforts to improve international regulations regarding the certification, inspection and maintenanceof aircraft environmental control systems are needed.