CLEAR's Resource Briefs are a collection of short papers on current issues in occupational and professional regulation. Listed below are the most recent in the series, each of which can be printed.
If you would like to submit an article for consideration as a future Resource Brief, please click here.
Please Note: Each Resource Brief represents the opinions of the author(s) and is not to be considered an endorsement by CLEAR.
2013
Regulators' Role in Establishing Defensible Credentialing Programs by Steve Nettles and Larry Fabrey (available free of charge to members as a pdf, and for sale to non-members)
2010
Job Analysis: A Guide for Credentialing Organizations by Roberta N. Chinn and Norman R. Hertz (available free of charge to members as a pdf, and for sale to non-members
2009
Consistent Decision Making by Regulators by Robert Chambers
2006
Considerations in Setting Cut Scores by Roberta N. Chinn
To Translate, or Not Translate: That Is the Question by Norman R. Hertz
Building the Future: A Toolkit for Thinking About the Future (Updated) by Steve Boruchowitz
2004
Building and Managing Small Examination Programs by Roberta N. Chinn, Norman R. Hertz, and Barbara A. Showers
Security/Employment Background Checks reprinted with permission from Federal Trade Commission and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (members-only, Not For Sale)
Americans with Disabilities Act Questions and Answers / ADA Court Rulings reprinted with permission from Job Accommodation Network and Kegel Kelin Almy & Grimm LLP (members-only, Not For Sale)
2001
Assessing Customer Satisfaction in a Performance Management Context by Eric Werner
1999
Licensure Examinations by Norman Hertz and Roberta Chinn
Globalization of Professional Practice by David Knauer
Reference Guide for Auditing a Credentialing Examination by Barbara Showers
Role Of A Person On The Governing Body Of A Regulatory Entity by Barbara Smith
1998
The Reinstatement Hearing in the Discipline Process: Ethics and Guidelines by Brian Donohue
Virginia, The Regulation of Health Professions, and the Pew Commission Recommendations by C. Donald Combs
Evaluating a National Examination Program by Lorraine P. Sachs
The Texas Health Professions Council: An Alternative to the Consolidation of Licensing Boards by Jane McFarland
Job Analysis: A Guide for Regulatory Boards by Roberta N. Chinn and Norman R. Hertz
State Licensing Boards and the Limits of State Action Immunity by Meredyth Smith Andrus
1997
The Maricopa Health Care Integrated Educational System: A Collaborative Model for Surviving Health Care Change by Mary F. Briden
Legal Update: Current Issues Affecting Accrediting Bodies by Susan Dorn and Kristin Becker
Telepractice Bibliography: Legal and Policy Issues by Melissa McGinley and Pamela L. Brinegar
Physicians and Deceptive Advertising: How Should Federal and State Regulators Respond? by Matthew Daynard
Update: Bibliography on Practitioner Sexual Misconduct from 1985 to Present by Melissa McGinley for CLEAR's ad hoc Task Force on Regulatory Issues
1996
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Professional Licensing by Pam Brinegar and Bruce Douglas
Model Sanctions by CLEAR's Regulatory Issues Subcommittee
Webs of Affiliation: The Organizational Context of Health Professional Regulation by Richard D. Morrison
The following Resource Briefs are available in hard copy only. To order a copy please go to the publications order form.
1995
RB95-1 Beyond Winning and Losing: Three Principles of Soulful Contract Negotiation
RB95-2 CAQEX: The Accounting Professions Response to the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
RB95-3 Uniform Grounds for Discipline
RB95-4 Planning for Computer-Based Testing
RB95-5 Bibliography on Practitioner Sexual Misconduct
RB95-6 Workplace Violence
($3.50 each)
1994
RB94-1 NAFTA and Licensure
RB94-3 Licensure and Certification Testing: Calculating the Real Cost
RB94-4 Regulating Health Care Professionals: An Overview
RB94-5 U.S. Accountancy Profession and International Reciprocity with the Northern Border
($3.50 each)
1993
RB93-1 Boards & Public Perception: An Activist Approach
RB93-2 How to Deal with Legislators
RB93-3 Continuing Education Requirements Suggested Guidelines
RB93-4 The Regulatory Management of the Impaired Practitioner
($3.50 each)
1991
RB91-2 Guidelines for Witness Preparation: How to Prepare to Testify (Crossing Swords on the Witness Stand)
RB91-3 How to Attract the Media to Conferences and Workshops
RB91-4 Minding the Media
RB91-5 Reform of Licensure Testing, How Necessary? How So? How Feasible?
RB91-6 On the Road to Mandatory Continuing Education: The Alabama Story
($3.50 each)
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