Architect boards endorse licensure at graduation
Still facing a major state licensing exam and required internships, sometimes people completing professional school programs [...]
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Lawmakers seek audit of problem-plagued licensing software rollout
One of the biggest licensing and enforcement software contracts in history —California’s $52 million, 9-year [...]
Physician’s undisclosed rape conviction steps up pressure for criminal background checks
Investigators with the Maryland Board of Physicians recently discovered an unpleasant fact about a Maryland doctor accused [...]
Reverse racist 1890 license denial – students demand
In 1890, the California state bar denied admission to a qualified applicant, already licensed in New York, solely because he [...]
Overdose death reporting to boards short-circuited in state law
In 2013, 593 Oklahomans died from overdoses involving at least one prescription drug—one of the highest rates in the [...]
Group sues vet board over animal massage restrictions
The Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal group, filed a lawsuit March 5 charging that the Arizona state veterinary [...]
22 medical boards using federally subsidized Uniform Application
The Uniform Application for Physician Licensure (UA), an initiative of the Federation of State Medical Boards, is slowly but [...]
Challenging states’ use of “Questions of Discrimination”
When licensing boards ask applicants questions about their mental health diagnoses and treatment, they run the risk of [...]