(carepoint.1.2.0 - photographic 21)Understand the rules and who controls them
A profession may be licensed in one state, registered in another, and governed mainly through delegation or employer policy elsewhere. The same program title can also carry different approval, clinical, or disclosure requirements depending on where it operates.
Separate the layers
Professional authority
Determine whether the occupation or title is licensed, certified, registered, permitted, or unregulated by the state.
Scope and supervision
Identify which duties are allowed, prohibited, or delegated—and who must provide supervision.
Education oversight
Verify the school, exact program, campus, and delivery method with the agency responsible for postsecondary education.
Credential and employment
Separate state authority from a private certification and from the requirements of a particular employer.
Find a state guide and verify its sources
California • Medical Assisting
California Medical Board guidance, training and supervision, task limitations, private-school verification, and the separate role of certification.
Additional professions and states
New state pages will be published as profession-specific primary sources are reviewed. Use the national profession directory and enrollment checklist now.
How a state page earns publication
Each guide must identify current public authorities, distinguish education from legal authorization, link to primary sources, and state what remains controlled by an employer or private credentialing organization. Pages are not treated as complete merely because a national summary exists.
Maintenance: Laws, regulations, agency guidance, and credential requirements change. Follow the linked primary source and confirm the current requirement before acting.