Arizona governor orders boards to justify every licensing requirement August 8, 2017 Arizona licensing boards were given just three months to justify all their licensing requirements, under a sweeping [...]
Armed with new task force and website, FTC chair vows libertarian approach to occupational licensing August 8, 2017 Maureen Ohlhausen, acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission, announced March 16 the creation of the Economic Liberty [...]
Dentists to offer national alternative to use of live-patient exam August 8, 2017 Addressing a long-simmering controversy over the required use of live patients to test the skills of candidates for dental [...]
National exam administrator not required to provide due process August 8, 2017 Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/appledisciple/ A federal court in New York, in a March 3 decision, dismissed several [...]
Online-school grad loses bid to sit for licensing exam August 8, 2017 A student who graduated from an online law school but was denied the opportunity to sit for the West Virginia bar exam lost [...]
Applicant trained online loses appeal of license denial August 8, 2017 The Court of Appeals of Georgia, in a March 16 decision, upheld the state psychology board’s denial of a waiver to a [...]
Court voids board order made while case still on appeal August 8, 2017 A Texas appellate court issued an unusual decision voiding a board order made while the board did not actually have control [...]
Court remands discipline order over reference to dropped charge August 8, 2017 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in an April 20 decision, overturned a decision by the state nursing board to suspend [...]
Board members immune in malicious prosecution case August 8, 2017 An appellate court in Michigan dismissed malicious prosecution claims against members of the state chiropractic board by a [...]
Without hearing, board must give written reason for sanction decision August 8, 2017 A state appellate court in Kentucky upheld a decision by the state board for engineering and land surveying not to hold [...]