It's kind of hilarious how some people with no real industry experience aren't able to do a simple search on the CHPL. Obviously, there's nothing illegal about using OpenEMR regardless of who wrote the code. And certification isn't even necessarily required. Providers who don't participate in certain federal or state programs are free to use non-certified software as long as they're able to comply with applicable interoperability and privacy/security regulations; regulatory compliance and enforcement for that stuff is at the provider organization level, not at the product level.
"there's nothing illegal about using OpenEMR regardless of who wrote the code"
Indeed, in your area this may be true. However, the health authority can't legally purchase or use these projects without the ISO certs, and thus it is a moot point.
I think we will have to agree to disagree, as there are two truths here. And people seem to be getting emotional about their egos. =)
