The Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices (Alliance) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to ensure that all foreign-educated professionals are recruited in a fair, ethical, and transparent manner for employment in the U.S. In 2009, the Alliance launched the Voluntary Code of Ethical Conduct for the Recruitment of Foreign-Educated Health Professionals to the United States, which was developed by stakeholders with different perspectives across the health care sector and defines fair and transparent recruitment practices. In 2017, this code was updated and is now called the Health Care Code for Ethical International Recruitment and Employment Practices (the “Code”). Link to Code
In 2010, the Alliance established a certification program for organizations that recruit foreign-educated health professionals (FEHPs) that demonstrate that their recruitment and employment practices fully conform to the tenets of the Code. Such organizations include temporary staffing firms, placement firms, and health care providers. This Certification Application sets forth the requirements for certification. Organizations interested in obtaining certification should complete the application and submit it along with the specified supporting documentation to the Alliance for review. If approved, the organization is authorized to use the Alliance’s Certification Seal in its recruitment efforts.
Any information provided in the application process will be kept completely confidential – the Alliance strictly protects any proprietary information disclosed by your organization.
This part requires demonstration of compliance with the Code. For each section, please complete the form to describe and provide documentation with respect to how your organization complies with the specified provisions in the Code. If any of your organization’s practices do not comply with the provisions in the Code, please explain in the space provided the discrepancy or any potential issues.
The Alliance Monitoring Program is how the Alliance monitors an organization’s compliance with the Code. This section requires that you describe how your organization will operationalize participation in this program.
In addition, the Alliance requires your organization to provide the number of health professionals in your organization’s recruitment pipeline (referred to in our materials as “benchmarking data”). These data provide the Alliance with a starting point and frame of reference for assessing your full participation in the monitoring process.
References
You will be asked to please provide names and contact information for two references – preferably recent institutional clients.
Contract Sample
You will be asked to provide a sample copy of the contract(s) that you ask foreign-educated health professionals to sign as part of the recruitment and/or employment process.
Submission Options
The preferred submission option is to fill out the sections of the form on this page. You may also request a paper application by emailing or sending a letter to Mukul Bakhshi, Esq., Director of the Alliance, contact information below:
Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices CGFNS International 3600 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651
Any questions can be addressed to Mukul Bakhshi at (215) 243-5825 or mbakhshi@cgfns.org. The goal of this effort is to ensure knowledge of and substantive compliance with the Code, which was developed by the Alliance’s multi-stakeholder Board of Governors comprised of employers, recruiters, nurse representative organizations, and labor. The Alliance Director can work with your organization and its particular challenges.
A Note on the Code Structure:
The start of each section of the Code contains a general duty clause (e.g., to follow federal and state laws, to communicate honestly and clearly, to contract fairly and in good faith). Following each of these general principles is a range of specific practices that illustrate the general duty. The statutes, policies, and practices listed are not intended to be exhaustive.
Please describe and/or provide backup documentation indicating how your organization complies with the following provisions in the Code. If there is an applicable provision in the agreement, please cite the provision.
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