Definition
Scope of practice can be easily identified by three categories. If requirements for practicing a skill or profession satisfy all three requirements then it is within that persons scope of practice:
- Education and training — Has the person been educated academically or on-the-job and have documentation proving education to do the item in question?
- Governing body — Does your state, district, province or federal government that oversees the skill or profession allow (or not explicitly disallow) the item in question?
- Institution — Does the institution allow a person or their profession to do the item in question?
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