Regulatory News

Several states have recently made changes or rejected changes to scope of practice laws fro nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and...

A new law in Tennessee instructs courts to review cases involving government agencies de novo ("from the beginning") instead of deferring to the...

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has announced changes to engineering regulation, making registration and licensing...

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that email warnings sent to healthcare practitioners after...

A US District Court judge has ruled that Tennessee's law requiring all auctioneers, including online auctioneers, to be licensed is...

The Law Society of Ontario has changes its scheduled June online examinations to July in-person examinations. An investigation is ongoing into...

A Kaiser Health News report details expanded scope of practice for pharmacists across the US. At least 12 states have authorized pharmacists to...

According to an Association of American Medical Colleges report, the US faces a projected shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians within 12...

Iowa is considering a bill to license certified professional midwives, joining 35 other states that regulate the profession. Opponents to the bill...

The Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction have proposed a new...

The governor of North Carolina has issued an executive order to allow licensing boards to continue to modify or waive requirements to allow...

Under the Psychology and Applied Behaviour Analysis Act 2021, applied behaviour analysis will be created as a new health profession with its own...