Current statutes grant broad, near-exclusive scopes of practice to a few professions and “carved-out” scopes for the remaining professions. These laws erect unreasonable barriers to high-quality and affordable care.The need [...]
A number of recent studies have called for an overhaul of licensure for health care professionals. Common themes of these studies are increased flexibility in scopes of practice (much of [...]
Recent upheavals within health care delivery, technological advances, and changing attitudes among consumers have challenged and changed health professions licensure. At the same time, traditional regulatory frameworks remain in place. [...]
State medical boards discipline several thousand physicians each year. Although certain subgroups, such as those disciplined for malpractice, substance use, or sexual abuse, have been studied, little is known about [...]
Disciplined physicians were more likely to practice in psychiatry, child psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and family and general practice than nondisciplined physicians and were older than the national physician population, [...]
Licensing confers a special authority, both literally and figuratively, which increases the likelihood of dependency on licensed personnel. The inequality of information available to the public, compared to the professional, [...]
This study examines the role of variations in occupational licensing policies and practices in improving the outputs of services provided to consumers, and the effect of restrictive regulations on the [...]
As recently as the late 1960s, most licensure boards were composed of individuals appointed or nominated by medical societies. Only slowly did judicial supervision and legislative control transform licensure boards [...]
Board certification was associated with a lower risk of discipline ([odds ratio] OR, 0.45; P
This paper explores the origins and effects of occupational licensing regulation in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America. Was licensing regulation introduced to limit competition in the market for [...]