Sentences with phrase «standards of practice required»

By licensing real estate practitioners (Industry Members), enforcing certain standards of practice required by the Nova Scotia Real Estate Trading Act, and investigating and taking disciplinary action against Industry Members found in violation of the Act, the Bylaw, or the Policies and Procedures.

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«A particularly strong factor in deciding to publish this new edition was driven by the continuous change in terms of the standards of practice required not only of agents and brokers, but also of lawyers, mortgage brokers, lenders, financial advisors, appraisers and other involved parties,» says Rumack.

The Standard of Practice requires REALTORS ® to make reasonable efforts to determine whether the client is subject to another current, valid, exclusive agreement prior to the REALTOR ® entering into an agency agreement or other exclusive relationship with the client.

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We propose to create a separate screen that requires broadband providers to adhere to an enforceable legal standard of commercially reasonable practices, asking how harm can best be identified and prohibited and whether certain practices, like paid prioritization, should be barred altogether.

Professions like medicine, nursing, and engineering are effectively given monopolies over fields of practice because (or so the story goes) their work is so complex, and requires such nuanced judgment, that only the members of the profession itself are qualified to set standards and to adjudicate violations.

New rules will require CBCA companies — about 40 % of companies listed on the TSX — to hold an election for their entire board of directors annually, vote for each director individually and, most importantly, use uniquely crafted majority - voting rules that only let shareholders vote «no» or «yes» for a director, eliminating the use of «withhold» votes which is standard practice under existing TSX rules.

The State of Delaware, where a majority of American companies are incorporated, technically requires only that either the disinterested directors or disinterested shareholders approve the deal, but the standard practice is to do both.

While it's standard practice for them to sell some of that risk to third parties, it's nearly impossible to identify who exactly is on the hook because there are no rules requiring disclosure of all transactions.

Leading Australian food lawyer, Joe Lederman of FoodLegal commented «Australian packaging suppliers follow US and EU standards as well as meeting additional industry and retailer standards, and these require «best practice» and product safety and food safety to be met.»

Prospective consultants are required to have a sound, general working knowledge of organic systems, including quality control and practices, conversion periods, national and international standards, basic financial implications, grant aid and support schemes, business practice and environmental management.

Our produce is USDA Certified Organic, meaning that our growing practices adhere to strict standards that fulfill and exceed regulations prohibiting the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers and require a holistic approach to land stewardship and transparency.

Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in conflict with generally accepted best practice, suppliers should adopt the highest standard applicable to their situation by reference to leading safety standards such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source of origin regardless of whether or not this is legally required.

Guidelines must include a description of the risks and standards for return to play and require a student suspected of having sustained a concussion during practice or a game to be immediately removed.

Though it only has to apply to 10 percent of its purchases right now, the district is also following a Good Food Purchasing Policy which requires food to meet certain standards for animal welfare, fair labor practices, sustainability and support of the local economy.

If medical malpractice were required for midwives, it would pretty much be the end of homebirths, because homebirths are more or less way outside the scope of standard medical practice, so every time it goes bad, all the plaintiff has to do is to put any doctor on the stand and say, «Doctor, can you indicate whether the homebirth was warranted?»

In 2012, the home birth rate in Oregon was 2.4 %, which was the highest rate of any state; another 1.6 % of women in Oregon delivered at birth centers.11 Before licensure became mandatory in 2015, Oregon was one of two states in which licensure was not required for the practice of midwifery in out - of - hospital settings.12 Although the 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth distinguishes planned home births from unplanned home births, at the national level there is still no way to disaggregate hospital births that were intended to occur at a hospital and those that had not been intended to occur at a hospital.

DONA requires all their doulas to adhere to the Standard of Practice & Code of Ethics.

Potty training a child with low muscle tone follows a similar structure of standard training but requires more patience and practice.

Details of the grant's terms will not be available until the grant disbursement agreement is executed later this month, but they will follow ESD's standard practice of requiring companies to return a grant, or portions of it, if they fail to meet hiring milestones, he said.

It sets out principles of good practice and minimum standards required of participating parks, so that the buyer is clearly informed about what their rights and responsibilities are - especially the length of time that they are allowed to keep the caravan on the park - clear information on pitch fees and other charges and what happens if they want to remove it.

The settlement requires enforcement of caseload limits, minimum practice standards for attorneys, and regular reporting of defense services.

«To ensure that researchers and research facilities funded through the DHS [Center of Excellence] award meet the highest safety standards possible,» the UCCLS report states, «DHS requires every recipient to develop a Research Safety Plan» showing, among other things, that the researcher has identified the potential hazards in the research and will use accepted and appropriate protocols and practices; that the institution provides faculty oversight for students and education and training to develop a culture of safety; and that subject matter experts not involved in the research review protocols and practices.

The researchers write that the findings of this study may have implications for clinical practice and public health, including that standards for vancomycin MIC most likely do not need to be lowered; routine differentiation of MIC values between 1mg / L and 2 mg / L appears unnecessary; and the use of alternative antistaphylococcal agents may not be required for S. aureus isolates with elevated but susceptible vancomycin MIC values.

Formed in 2008, the group requires its members to adhere to a code of best practice designed to ensure they only sell robust, quantifiable and audited carbon offsets that have been developed in line with agreed standards.

Although this exercise works the same muscles as the standard version, when you first include this technique in your training you will find that your grip will give in before your muscles tire, however, after some practice it will soon be strong enough to withstand the demands required of it.

This can be easily managed; all STF Assured Members are required to adhere to a rigorous Code of Practice which covers safety management, financial and trading standards and, importantly, they are audited annually for compliance by independent experts.

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

Such a system requires teachers to perform to professional standards — or benchmarks — of practice, a hallmark of any real profession.

The literacy - intensive curriculum is partially based on the best practices developed by the National Writing Project, and it combines required state standards with literature by Latinos and other writers of color.

Unfortunately, I discovered quickly that aligning the type of learning experiences I desired with the standards - based grading practices required by my district required significant changes in my practice.

New assessments developed to align with these standards should require students to demonstrate their understanding not only of content, but also of scientific and engineering practices.

Results indicated professional development based in reform delivery methods (not workshops or short trainings), occurred over time with more than 25 hours of content involved groups of teachers learning together, was focused on the subject taught by the teacher, required teachers to be active participants in their learning, and cohorent, i.e., aligned with standards and teacher goals, was more likely to lead to increases in teacher knowledge and changes in practice.

Program Standard 1.2 requires that a TPA be situated in a classroom environment, in order to demonstrate a range of authentic teaching practices.

Both quotes are strong statements in support of good K - 12 large scale testing practices required by educational measurement standards (i.e., validity, reliability, comparability, fairness) that are also included in CA's statewide assessment authorizing statutory language.

True adoption of these standards represents qualitatively different expectations and their success will require significant shifts in educational practice.

Requiring regular evaluations of teachers using multiple measures based on clear standards for effective practice, measures of student achievement growth, and other measures such as observations and lesson plans or other artifacts of practice.

This PowerPoint Presentation and accompanying resources highlight the types of experiences students should have in order to develop a deep understanding of the concept as described in the CCSS content standards and the variety of expertise required by the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

Superintendent Karen Trusler says that makes it difficult for students to practice some of the types of higher level, more critical thinking that's required by the new tougher Common Core standards.

Sandra Alberti says that one of the biggest risks educators face in putting the Common Core State Standards into practice is full - speed implementation without an understanding of the changes that the standards require.

Requires the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the House to form an advisory committee by Nov. 1, 2013, to develop recommended guidelines for the mentoring program that align with teaching practice standards, and to provide a report of such to the governor and the Legislature by Jan. 1, 2015.

Nebraska can help ensure that substitute teachers are held to high standards and have access to the supports necessary to improve their practice by requiring evaluations — which it may find appropriate to modify from its standard, state - required teacher evaluations — of long - term substitutes.

6.1.2 it shall ensure that all its systems and operations which it uses to provide the Services, including all systems on which Data is processed as part of providing the Services, shall at all times be of a minimum standard required by all applicable laws and be of a standard no less than the standards which are in compliance with the best industry practice for the protection, control and use of Data.

The rulemaking would also consider whether to require large travel agents to adopt minimum customer service standards and prohibit the unfair and deceptive practice of post-purchase price increases.

These positions require (1) broad knowledge of railroad operating practices and recordkeeping; (2) practical knowledge of methods used in the installation, maintenance, or manufacture of railroad equipment, signal systems, or track; (3) knowledge of safety practices applicable to the railroad industry and related laws, regulations, and standards; and (4) knowledge of the investigative techniques used in determining the cause of accidents.

The work requires: (1) comprehensive knowledge of the laws, standards, and regulations governing motor carrier safety; (2) knowledge of the safety principles and practices applicable to the motor carrier industry; (3) practical knowledge of the competitive and operating practices, policies, organization, equipment, facilities, and recordkeeping systems of motor carriers; and (4) knowledge of investigative techniques used in compliance enforcement and accident investigation.

(Sec. 1442) Requires DOT to encourage each state and MPO to adopt design standards and best practices for surface transportation projects that provide safety for users of the surface transportation network.

Membership in this professional association requires obtaining initial training, passing a rigorous membership exam, and mandatory adherence to professional standards of practice and participation in ongoing yearly education.

All of our inspectors have over 2000 inspections completed to and above and beyond the minimum standards required by the Arizona Standards of Professional Practice set forth by the Arizona Board of Technical Registration when the Home Inspection laws were enacted in Arizona in 2002.