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From: Kathleen McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Pro vs Amateur
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:23:43 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <8CA1F66368FAE3C-FDC-88E@webmail-de14.sysops.aol.com>


I think, that in genealogy, we need to use the terms
"crudentialed" rather than "licensed" or
"professional". I simply do not think that financial
remuneration has to do with qualifications.

Kathleen


--- wrote:

>
> Nicole makes an important point.? Part of the
> confusion in this discussion stems from
> "professional" being both a noun and an adjective.
>
>
>
> Physicians, dentists and registered nurses are
> licensed.? State licensing laws prohibit
> non-licensed individuals from practicing, that is,
> performing the tasks and duties that are covered by
> the licensing law.? Equally importantly, licensing
> laws prohibit non-licensed individuals from
> advertising themselves as physicians, dentists or
> registered nurses.? Thus, when we talk about people
> in these occupations, we do not need to add the
> adjective "professional."
>
>
>
> Should genealogists be licensed?? I don't know.? I
> tend to think not.? But, if genealogists were
> licensed, the law would need to define the legal
> scope of practice covered by the license.? There
> would need to be a defined set of tasks and duties
> that only licensed genealogists could legally
> peform.? People not holding licensess could not
> advertise themselves as genealogists.
>
>
>
> Licensing should not be confused with certification
> or accreditation.? Some of us are Certified
> Genealogists.? "Certified Genealogist" and "CG" are
> registered service marks; non-BCG certified
> individuals may not use these terms to describe
> themselves.? However, genealogists are not licensed
> -- anyone can call themself a genealogist and (to
> the best of my knowledge), no licensing laws
> prescribe a legal scope of practice.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenjura Genealogical Services
> <>
> To: Kathleen McLaughlin <>;
>
> Sent: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:25 am
> Subject: Re: [APG] Pro vs Amateur
>
>
>
>
> Nurses, doctors, lawyers, etc. are in a different
> category. They do not
> need a modifier like professional in front of their
> profession to
> distinguish between "for hire" and "for the love of"
> because there is no
> such thing as an amateur doctor, nurse or lawyer.
> They complete specific
> training and licensing in order to call themselves
> nurses, doctors and
> lawyers. You're either a nurse or you aren't.
> There's no gray area. At
> least not one that I can see.
>
> Nicole
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathleen McLaughlin"
> <>
> To: "Kenjura Genealogical Services"
> <>;
> <>; <>
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Pro vs Amateur
>
>
> >I am a retired professional nurse. I am a
> > "Professional" nurse, not an amateur, based on my
> > crudentials, not on my paycheck. I am not a
> > crudentialed genealogist because I choose not to
> be,
> > not because I am not qualified. I usually donate
> my
> > services, but occassionally I get paid. I do not
> think
> > it is the paycheck that makes me professional, and
> I
> > do not think it is the lack of a paycheck that
> makes
> > me an amateur. I am what I am.
> >
> > Kathleen
> >
> > Kathleen McLaughlin
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> .
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Kathleen McLaughlin

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