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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved a program to promote continuous learning and periodic assessment throughout the length of diplomates' certification and committed its 23 member boards to evolve their current or planned recertification programs into a four-component Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program that is based in six defined competencies. The six competencies are (1) Patient Care, (2) Medical Knowledge, (3) Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, (4) Interpersonal and Communication Skills, (5) Professionalism, and (6) Systems-Based Practices.

ABMS believes it will best serve the American public and the medical specialties by establishing higher and more continuous internal standards for certification in medical specialties. No group is better prepared to establish and implement standards for the medical profession than the medical profession and its physicians.

Medicine has always benefited from its efforts to establish high standards and implement them. As all medical boards raise their standards and enter the era of continuous certification, Liposuction Surgery will continue to maintain its high standards in the LipoSuction Board Certified Recertification (LBCR) program.

Most physicians recognize the importance of staying current, but with the advent of continuous certification and LBCR, all diplomates will have additional incentives for doing so. LBC's approach to LBCR is to establish meaningful standards while understanding that LBC diplomates are busily engaged in the daily work of caring for patients. LBCR uses the convenience of the Internet to conduct the annual self-assessment tests. LBC believes that making LBCR convenient and flexible, and providing options will facilitate physicians' abilities to meet the new standards.

The LipoSuction Board Certified Recertification (LBCR) program is based on four components, as envisioned by the ABMS. The four components of the LBCR Program are

Professional Standing
- Current Diplomates
- Introduction
- Policy on Medical Licensure
- If a Physician's License Does Not Comply