The phrase "accepted professional" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is recognized or acknowledged as a professional in a particular field or industry.
Example: "After years of hard work and dedication, she finally became an accepted professional in her field of expertise."
Alternatives: "recognized expert" or "acknowledged professional".
However, they reluctantly accepted professional advice because they thought they should, the alternatives appeared even less acceptable, or they felt they had no choice.
Canada accepted professional hockey in 1908 when the Ontario Professional Hockey League was formed.
The report found, however, that there was no monitoring of respiration, a failure that fell below the state's code of health standards for accepted professional practice.
In a flagrant exploitation of imprisoned children's rights, the investigation found that the continuing and voluminous practice of dispensing psychiatric drugs to child inmates represents "substantial departures from generally accepted professional standards".
B.U. administrators would have to show that Holick's courtroom utterances lack scientific merit or violate accepted professional standards in order to discipline him, John Wilson, the author of the 2008 book "Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies," said.
But this excerpt is all about the future, offering concrete ideas for reform, beginning with the role of the public interest in journalism... Our [Hacked Off] manifesto binds us to campaign for an independent regulatory regime that affords the maximum freedom for ethical journalism in the public interest while bearing down on journalism which breaches accepted professional codes of practice..
The beginning of the boom was 1968 when Wimbledon, Forest Hills and other traditional tournaments for the first time accepted professionals.
And employers and clients are increasingly accepting professional certifications as proof of one's expertise.
His friends and senior officials within the party complained privately that he was unwilling to seek or accept professional help for his alcoholism; some suggested his depressive bouts and drinking were accepted within the Lochaber community as a private matter rather than a source of shame.
Flaschen advised entrepreneurs seeking venture capital to be willing to accept professional management.
Expertise in only limited areas and unwillingness of managers to accept professional advice, reduce possibilities of the company's chances to survive in the medium term (Ooghe & De Prijcker [2008]).
