Board Certification: Be Careful of the Grandfathers

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One routine piece of advice that many of us patient advocates give about scouting a new doctor is to make sure the doctor is certified by one of the boards under the umbrella of the American Board of Medical Specialties. But there's a "grandfather" issue that patients need to know about even with these boards. Doctors who were certified before 1990 have a lifetime certificate, and it's strictly voluntary whether they stay up-to-date by taking the re-certification exam every ten years.

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