professional discretion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofessionalanddiscretion
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professional
adjective
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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discretion
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/us/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/
the ability to behave without causing embarrassment or attracting too much attention, especially by keeping ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalanddiscretionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such systems appear to provide objective, public, and impartial ways to allocate organs by reducing institutional andprofessionaldiscretionand possible bias.
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Care plans provide an excellent instance of government regulations and guidance allowing, at least ostensibly, for very limitedprofessionaldiscretionin implementation.
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This flexibility to exerciseprofessionaldiscretionremains an essential ingredient in the care order.
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No guidance is offered on the scope and extent ofprofessionaldiscretion.
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In these circumstances, there is absolutely the minimum opportunity for chemists to exercise theirprofessionaldiscretionand initiative.
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Such work is carried out within theprofessionaldiscretionof doctors themselves.
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First, arbitrators, before whom the tenants could challenge the items of work to be done and the time specified, were not allowed sufficientprofessionaldiscretion.
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The parents have the right to request exemption; the teachers would use theirprofessionaldiscretionin responding to each individual child.
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Thirdly, professional freedom,professionaldiscretion, and professional education should be available to all health workers.
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Within those categories, local authorities will exercise theirprofessionaldiscretion, professional judgment, based on social work assessment.
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Chief officers will have to have regard to those codes, but will retain theprofessionaldiscretionto decide on their application to local circumstances.
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Admission of individual persons, whether on an emergency basis or otherwise, is a matter for theprofessionaldiscretionof the consultant in the light of all relevant circumstances.
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They also argue that the exercise ofprofessionaldiscretionby street-level bureaucrats is not inherently bad, but can be seen as an important professional attribute.
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