Yes. However, most of us have been trained to view any kind of licensing as being done to protect the public rather than as a means of restraining activity.
I like how I recently heard someone define license: “a license is permission to do what would otherwise not be permitted.”
So, license to drive a car. Really, I am not allowed to dri…
Yes. However, most of us have been trained to view any kind of licensing as being done to protect the public rather than as a means of restraining activity.
I like how I recently heard someone define license: “a license is permission to do what would otherwise not be permitted.”
So, license to drive a car. Really, I am not allowed to drive, without government permission? License to cut hair? I cannot cut hair without government permission?
I mean, somehow we do want to ensure a certain level of competency in our communities. We want to know that folks behind the wheel of a car know the traffic laws and have learned how to safely operate the 2,000 pound hunk of steel they are propelling down the highway. But it does also seem a useful exercise to re-examine what, exactly, licensure REALLY means.
I mean, I had never given it much thought myself until the last couple of years.
Point being, many doctors don’t realize that licenses do indeed restrict trade. They just don’t see it that way.
And yes, we need other non-conventional physicians to be free to do some of what currently is restricted by the licensing and board cert hurdles.
Yes. However, most of us have been trained to view any kind of licensing as being done to protect the public rather than as a means of restraining activity.
I like how I recently heard someone define license: “a license is permission to do what would otherwise not be permitted.”
So, license to drive a car. Really, I am not allowed to drive, without government permission? License to cut hair? I cannot cut hair without government permission?
I mean, somehow we do want to ensure a certain level of competency in our communities. We want to know that folks behind the wheel of a car know the traffic laws and have learned how to safely operate the 2,000 pound hunk of steel they are propelling down the highway. But it does also seem a useful exercise to re-examine what, exactly, licensure REALLY means.
I mean, I had never given it much thought myself until the last couple of years.
Point being, many doctors don’t realize that licenses do indeed restrict trade. They just don’t see it that way.
And yes, we need other non-conventional physicians to be free to do some of what currently is restricted by the licensing and board cert hurdles.