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Certification and Licensure

Professional Certification and Licensure: What’s The Difference?

Licensure is a government-issued authorization to practice a regulated profession. Certification is a voluntary credential issued by a private organization to verify competency in a field. Both involve exams. Both result in a credential. But for anyone responsible for running one of these programs, the two are not interchangeable — and treating them as if … Read Article