News and Commentary Lusine Poghosyan presents the state of nurse practitioner scope of practice reform in Niskanen commentary, recommending permanent expansion enabling flexible response to future health crises. California professionals [...]
News and Commentary The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed another licensing reform bill, this time targeting mechanics, reports Steven Adams for the Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Benjamin Shelton [...]
News and Commentary The Mercatus Center's Kofi Ampaabeng testifies before the Montana Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Safety on regulatory restrictions of telehealth. Connor Richards reports for the [...]
News and Commentary A Massachusetts law recognizes pharmacists as health providers while expanding insurance coverage of telehealth reports Loren Bonner for the American Pharmacist Association. Washington Representative Brandon Vick has [...]
News and Commentary Mark Hyden comments in the Newnan Times-Herald on Georgia bills easing licensing for those previously licensed in other states. Leah Willingham reports that several Mississippi bills would [...]
News and Commentary The Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation notes that South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New Jersey have expanded vaccine administration authorization to additional health professionals. Nathaniel Lacktman [...]
News and Commentary Ashley Imlay documents Utah's efforts to overcome incumbent opposition and expand physician assistant's scope of practice for Deseret News. In The Center Square, J.D. Davidson announces Ohio [...]
News and Commentary In Seattle Times Todd Myers pushes Washington lawmakers to allow ex-felon occupational licensing application for crimes unrelated to the profession, a proposal ignored in the state Senate [...]
In the 1990s, all that was required to become a licensed physical therapist was a Bachelor’s degree. In the 2000s, this became a Masters–and today, physical therapists need a Doctorate. [...]
News and Commentary Michigan will make military members, veterans, and their families eligible for license reciprocity in advance of Veterans Day reports Derick Hutchinson for Click On Detroit. In Pheonix [...]