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The Role of Government and Lobbying in the Creation of a Health Profession: The Legal Foundations of Counseling
Author(s) -
Bergman David M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00072.x
Subject(s) - licensure , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , public administration , private sector , payment , business , health care , public relations , health professions , private practice , political science , law , medicine , finance , family medicine , algorithm , computer science , philosophy , linguistics
The state and federal governments, along with private industry, play an important role in the development of a health profession. State governments establish training standards through licensure laws, and state programs dictate employment and payment opportunities. The federal government unifies a profession through recognition in national health care programs. Private industry provides public access through private health insurance. The counseling profession has spent decades opening these federal, state, and private programs to become an established health profession.