| |
Presence of Government Regulation
|
Presence of Core Standards
|
Number of Core Standards (Total)
|
|---|
|
Minimum Training/Education
|
Entry-level Competency Standards
|
Scope of Practice
|
Code of Conduct
|
Course Accreditation
|
Continuing Professional Development
|
Language Standard
|
Recency-of-Practice
|
Return-to-Practice
|
|---|
|
High-Income country n = 14 (47%)
|
|
1
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
2
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
3
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
4*
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
7
|
|
5
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
6
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
X
|
n/a
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
|
7
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
|
8*
|
X^
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
9*
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
0
|
|
10*
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
7
|
|
11*
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
|
12
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
9
|
|
13*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
7
|
|
14*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
7
|
|
Upper-Middle-Income country n = 4 (13%)
|
|
15*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
|
16*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
6
|
|
17*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
8
|
|
18*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
|
Lower-Middle-Income country n = 5 (17%)
|
|
19*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
|
20
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
3
|
|
21*
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
|
22*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
6
|
|
23*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
3
|
|
Low-Income country n = 7 (23%)
|
|
24*
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/a
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
3
|
|
25*
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
0
|
|
26*
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
|
27*
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
|
28*
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
0
|
|
29*
|
–
|
X
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
n/a
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
|
30*
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
n/a
|
–
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
7
|
|
Total (%)
|
10 (33%)
|
25 (83%)
|
20 (67%)
|
14 (47%)
|
19 (63%)
|
19 (63%)
|
14 (47%)
|
16 (53%)
|
15 (50%)
|
11 (37%)
| |
- X = standard in place;–= standard absent
- *represents those countries where email contact was made with the association/regulatory to clarify the scan data (n = 22)
- ^ represents one country whereby specific states/regions had a government regulator
- n/a signifies the absence of an in-country training programme
