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The California Board of Registered Nursing has released proposed regulations for two new categories of nurse practitioners with expanded scope of...

The Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act under consideration in the US House would reduce barriers to practice for nurse practitioners and...

The Professional Standards Authority in the UK has just published "Safer Care for All: Solutions from professional regulation and beyond," a...

Illinois's Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program is now in effect, allowing certain licensed Illinois mental health...

Nevada's governor has signed an emergency regulation that reduces the cost of substitute teacher licenses and allows 6-month extension of...

In June, the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation filed charges against Walgreens pharmacies, alleging that staffing shortages and unplanned...

This article provides details of nine states that have expanded scope of practice for pharmacists, including analysis of which authorities granted...

Reinstating a position that was eliminated in 2012, Canada's federal government has appointed a national chief nursing officer. The role will...

Kentucky's Education Professional Standards Board has approved an emergency regulation to allow colleges or universities to partner with school...

A new law in Illinois will allow mental health professionals who have been out of practice for less than five years to temporarily reactivate...

Several states have expanded or are expanding the list of healthcare professionals who can provide abortion services. With the possibility of Roe...

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