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This letter responds to Prasad’s editorial on emergency management professionalization, concurring with his call for organizational accountability but refuting the notion that voluntary certification can substitute for licensure. Without licensure, emergency management lacks legal accountability, enforceable ethics, and public protection—key hallmarks of a mature profession.
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