--- schema_version: "1" id: 5812d7c42c60465f3e6cbf32f8d5dd7d27b8d04f1ebebf6bb983547798ddd85c title: BoardCertification collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_objects_boardcertification.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_objects_boardcertification.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: e02f5a11330c66430c036d5d847016fbce2f64d057ab3ffcd9c8d40f48534cc6 description: Represents the practitioner's board certifications such as being board-certified in cardiology and cardiovascular disease. --- # BoardCertification Represents the practitioner's board certifications such as being board-certified in cardiology and cardiovascular disease. ## Supported Calls create(), delete(), describeLayout(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), undelete(), update(), upsert() ## Fields ### AccountId - **Type**: reference - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Account that this healthcare provider is associated with. ### BoardName - **Type**: string - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Name of the organization providing the board certification. ### CertificationType - **Type**: picklist - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Type of certification. ### CurrentCertificationDate - **Type**: date - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Date of most recent board certification. ### EffectiveFrom - **Type**: date - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: The date from which this certification is effective. ### EffectiveTo - **Type**: date - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: The date on which this certification is no longer effective. ### ExpirationDate - **Type**: date - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Update - **Description**: Expiration date of the board certification. ### LastReferencedDate - **Type**: dateTime - **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort - **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed a record related to this record. ### LastViewedDate - **Type**: dateTime - **Properties**: Filter, Nillable, Sort - **Description**: The timestamp for when the current user last viewed this record. If this value is null, it's possible that this record was referenced (LastReferencedDate) and not viewed. ### Name - **Type**: string - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update - **Description**: Name of the provider. ### OwnerId - **Type**: reference - **Properties**: Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update - **Description**: The ID of the user who owns this record. ### PractitionerId - **Type**: reference - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Practitioner that this certification is associated with. ### SourceSystem - **Type**: string - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: System from which the record was sourced. ### SourceSystemIdentifier - **Type**: string - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: ID of the system from which the record was sourced. ### Status - **Type**: picklist - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Status of the certification. ### TerminationDate - **Type**: date - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Termination date for this provider. ### TerminationReason - **Type**: string - **Properties**: Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort, Update - **Description**: Reason for termination. ## Associated Objects This object has the following associated objects. Unless noted, they are available in the same API version as this object. [BoardCertificationChangeEvent](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_change_event.htm "A StandardObjectNameChangeEvent object is available for each object that supports Change Data Capture. You can subscribe to a stream of change events using Change Data Capture to receive data tied to record changes in Salesforce. Changes include record creation, updates to an existing record, deletion of a record, and undeletion of a record. A change event isn’t a Salesforce object—it doesn’t support CRUD operations or queries. It’s included in the object reference so you can discover which Salesforce objects support change events.") (API version 60.0) Change events are available for the object. [BoardCertificationFeed](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_feed.htm "StandardObjectNameFeed is the model for all feed objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent the posts and feed-tracked changes of a standard object.") Feed tracking is available for the object. [BoardCertificationHistory](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_history.htm "StandardObjectNameHistory is the model for all history objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent the history of changes to the values in the fields of a standard object.") History is available for tracked fields of the object. [BoardCertificationOwnerSharingRule](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_ownersharingrule.htm "StandardObjectNameOwnerSharingRule is the model for all owner sharing rule objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a rule for sharing a standard object with users other than the owner.") Sharing rules are available for the object. [BoardCertificationShare](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.life_sciences_dev_guide.meta/life_sciences_dev_guide/sforce_api_associated_objects_share.htm "StandardObjectNameShare is the model for all share objects associated with standard objects. These objects represent a sharing entry on the standard object.") Sharing is available for the object.