Title: Identify Virginia’s health professional boards.
Course: Health and Medical Sciences Exploratory (14001-36) > Section: Exploring Health Care as a Career

Identification should include boards such as the

- Board of Dentistry
- Board of Medicine
- Board of Nursing
- Board of Optometry
- Board of Pharmacy
- Board of Physical Therapy.

See the websites for the Virginia Department of Health Professions (http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/) and the Virginia Department of Health (https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/) for more information.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the certification, licensure, and regulatory processes that demonstrate required skills, and competencies, and thereby promote consumer protection?
- What are specific professions covered under each health professional board in Virginia? Why do these boards regulate these professions?
- What can a medical professional or consumer do if they believe that a health professional board has acted in error? Can the decision be appealed? Explain.