Board of Recertification and Accreditation
The BRA is the highest decision-making body in the recertification system for health professionals. The Board is composed of 9 members, representing the following institutions:
- Ministry of Health;
- National Center of Continuing Education
- Institute of Health Insurance
- National Center of Quality, Safety and Accreditation of Health Institutions
- Order of Physicians
- Order of Nurses
- Order of Pharmacists
- Faculty of Medicine.
- Health Professional’s Associations
The BRA is established by the Ministry of Health. The chairman of the BRA is the Minister of Health. The BRA convenes 4 times a year. If needed, the chairman can assemble the board for special cases. Decision-making is achieved by a simple majority.
The BRA supervises the entire recertification process and is responsible for:
- Approving changes or formulations of procedures, criteria and standards regarding the accreditation process of continuing education activities.
- Establishing and imposing sanctions for professionals who do not meet the requirements of the recertification program
- Establishing and imposing sanctions, in collaboration with the Institute of Health Insurance and the National Center of Quality, Safety and Accreditation of Health Institutions, for institutions that hire professionals who have not met the criteria of the recertification program.
- Issuing certificates to professionals who have fulfilled the requirements for each cycle
- Inspecting complaints from professionals regarding credit recognition and registration procedures.
As it is specified in the regulatory “Document on Accreditation of Continuing Education Activities for health professionals”, the responsibilities of BRA regarding this process are:
- Approving changes or formulations of procedures, criteria and standards regarding the recertification process of health professionals.
- Making a list of independent experts for each field of expertise that will be included in the external evaluation of the activities.
- Inspecting complaints from providers of continuing education activities regarding the external evaluation that have not been solved based on procedures determined in item F of chapter III in the Regulatory Document on Accreditation of Continuing Education Activities.
