Architect boards seek to erase “intern” title
Architect boards want a sharper line drawn between licensed architects and those who are still in training. Graduates of [...]
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Boards nix naming of dentists charged with crimes
The Arizona dental and medical boards denied requests from a Phoenix ABC news station for lists of doctors and dentists who [...]
Teledoc sues board over telemedicine curbs
Restraint of trade is a big legal theme in professional regulation this year. Two months after a Supreme Court’s [...]
Single national exam for lawyers gets boost with New York joining in
States are often slow to abandon their own licensing exams for a national exam, but one of the longest holdouts, the legal [...]
Advocacy groups to state AGs: Warn board members they now potentially face personal liability
In the wake of February’s Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, attorneys [...]
WI licensing budget-slashers back down
A Wisconsin budget proposal was rejected in mid-March that would have lowered the renewal fees for audiologists and [...]
Wyoming first to adopt groundbreaking physician compact law
Mark down Wyoming, a state with a chronic shortage of doctors, as officially first on the list of states to adopt the [...]
Three states to ease licensing of Japanese engineers
In December, three states announced that to provide a more seamless transition for international engineers (specifically, [...]
Breastfeeding mom will get accommodations after all
The Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar has seen the error of their ways, overturning a previous decision that denied a [...]
License suspension for employing disbarred lawyer as ‘paralegal’
A New York state lawyer’s license has been suspended for two years due to relying on the expertise of a disbarred [...]