What is the role of the Division of Licensing and Certification?

• A. Inspecting restaurants
• B. Enforcing traffic laws
• C. Certifying health care institutions and health care workers education programs
• D. Supervising nursing staff

Answer: (C)

This item tests understanding of what the Division of Licensing and Certification does: it certifies health care institutions and the education programs that prepare health care workers. Certification is the formal recognition that a facility or a training program meets established standards, ensuring quality and safety. The division may also handle licensing to authorize operations and oversee ongoing compliance, but its specific focus here is granting certification to institutions and to education programs so graduates meet required competencies. The other activities described belong to different roles—public health inspections of restaurants, traffic law enforcement, and nursing supervision within a facility—so they aren’t the functions of this division.