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Clinical Medical Librarian Licensure: Pros versus Cons |
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| Authors: | John Bramble Shawn Steidinger Claire Hamasu Melissa Austin |
| Affiliation: | 1. National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;2. Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.;3. Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, USA;4. Salt Lake Community College, Taylorsville, Utah, USA |
| Abstract: | In hospitals and clinics, anyone who “touches” a patient has a license authorizing them to do so—from the phlebotomist to the cardiologist, from the genetic counselor to the social worker, and so on, except for the clinical medical librarian. This column discusses the intent versus the realities of occupational licensure for clinical medical librarians and provides recommendations for next steps. |
| Keywords: | Certification clinical medical librarians competency hospital librarians licensure law licensing occupational licensure professional licensure |