License Management of Practitioners Who Provide Human Skeletal Muscle Conditioning Services
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Wu, Shu-Hui
Abstract
Professional certification is an important criterion for assessing professional competence. However, in terms of personnel qualifications for human skeletal muscle conditioning services (SMCS), except the license applied for visually impaired persons engaged in massage and related manipulative techniques issued by the Council of Labor Affairs, there is no licensing mechanism in this regard.
The purpose of this study is to explore license management of the personnel engaging in human skeletal muscle conditioning services. To approach this issue from the perspective of professional licensing, the study first articulates the concept of professional licenses, and then put together various models providing human skeletal muscle conditioning services currently available in Taiwan. The study mainly applies a archival analysis method. Data for the analysis were collected from academic literatures and government publications, and current professional regulation documents in the United States, Japan and mainland China. By analyzing, comparing, integrating the available materials, this research focuses particularly on the control of potential risk that might involve during the process of services delivery, in order to propose possible mechanisms as a frame of reference for future license management.
The results of analysis indicate that due mainly to differences in cultural background, educational and training system, the content of exam, social, economic and legal characteristics, license classification and licensing effect, the management mechanisms in the other countries are not applicable in our country. As for the business management level, it is suggested that (1) top priority should be assigned to folk services with high-risk, (2) the Department of Health should be the major governing authority for SMCS, and (3) management system with a clear division of power should assign technical certification exams handled by the Council of Labor Affairs, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in accordance with the company law and commercial law, will allow business to apply for company and business registration. It is expected that the SMCS industry can be promoted by means of government supervision and support.
Subjects
human skeletal muscle conditioning
license management system
professional certification
folk remedies
alternative therapies
SDGs
Type
thesis
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