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Examples of Acceptable Professional Abbreviations in Entity Name

Profession When using the below as the profession in the entity name. *Your application will be rejected if you fail to include either first name, last name, or first initial, last name or first, middle, last name.
Chiropractic DC*
Dentistry DMD*
DDS*
Professional Engineering PE*
Land Surveying LS*
Massage Therapy LMT*
Medicine MD*
DO*
Optometry OD*
Podiatry DPM*
Psychology PsyD*
Speech-Language Pathology SLP*
Veterinary Medicine DVM*
VMD*