It has the academic standing of a professional doctorate (in contrast to a research doctorate) in the United States, where the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) discontinued the use of the term "first professional degree" as of its 2010-11 data collection and now uses the term "doctor's degree-professional practice". It has the academic standing of a master's degree in Australia and a second-entry baccalaureate degree in Canada. In all three jurisdictions, the same standing as other professional degrees, such as M.D./D.O. or D.D.S./D.M.D., the degrees required to be a practicing physician or dentist, respectively.