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Board Certification Terms
Certified - A doctor who is board-certified has:
Not Applicable - board certification is not available to this type of health care provider.
We collect board certification information when a doctor joins our network and every 3 years afterward. This information is verified with a primary source each time.
- Received training from an approved residency program
- Voluntarily taken and passed a comprehensive test of his or her knowledge in a specialty
- Met the other requirements set by the board that gives the test
- Completed an approved residency
- Qualified to take a comprehensive test to become board-certified, but has not yet taken it
Not Applicable - board certification is not available to this type of health care provider.
We collect board certification information when a doctor joins our network and every 3 years afterward. This information is verified with a primary source each time.
