Besides regulating access to a profession, professional bodies may set examinations of competence and enforce adherence to an ethical code. There may be several such bodies for one profession in a single country, an example being the accountancy bodies of the United Kingdom (ACCA, CAI, CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW and ICAS), all of which have been given a Royal Charter, although their members are not necessarily considered to hold equivalent qualifications, and which operate alongside further bodies (AAPA, IFA, CPAA). Another example of a regulatory body that governs a profession is the Hong Kong Professional Teachers Union, which governs the conduct, rights, obligations, and duties of salaried teachers working in educational institutions in Hong Kong.
Besides regulating access to a profession professional bodies may set examinations of competence and enforce adherence to an ethical code There may be several such bodies for one profession in a single country an example being the accountancy bodies of the United Kingdom (ACCA CAI CIMA CIPFA ICAEW and ICAS) all of which have been given a Royal Charter although their members are not necessarily considered to hold equivalent qualifications and which operate alongside further bodies (AAPA IFA CPAA) Another example of a regulatory body that governs a profession is the Hong Kong Professional Teachers Union which governs the conduct rights obligations and duties of salaried teachers working in educational institutions in Hong Kong