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Position statement

A professional body's formal stance on a clinical or professional question.

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Definition

Associations publish position statements to guide their members. They inform practice but do not change the law.

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Definitions here are general. They do not say what any profession may do in any state; that is set by each state’s law. Back to the full glossary

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