State licensing or certification agency
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “State licensing or certification agency” includes any authority of a State (or of a political subdivision thereof) responsible for the licensing of health care practitioners (or any peer review organization or private accreditation entity reviewing the services provided by health care practitioners) or entities.
Source
- 2010–present42 U.S.C. § 1396RThe Public Health and Welfare · Information concerning sanctions taken by State licensing authorities against health care practitioners and providers · for purposes of this section