In recent weeks, two Alabama occupational licensing boards have had misbehavior aired publicly: The pharmacy board and the dental examiners board. This isn’t the first time occupational licensing boards have made state or national news, and it probably won’t be the last.
What’s more concerning, however, is that attempts at correcting or preventing this behavior in Alabama have ultimately failed. As occupational licensing restrictions and the bureaucracy surrounding them remain high in Alabama, residents and professionals can expect to hear about more misconduct by licensing boards.
The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released reports on both the Board of Dental Examiners and State Board of Pharmacy in August, and the results are now being discussed in hearings with the joint Sunset Committee.
Continue reading at AL.com
Noah Trudeau, PhD, is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and lead author of the institute’s “State Occupational Licensing Index” project. He is also an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University and a research affiliate with the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University. Follow his work @EconTrudeau.
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In recent weeks, two Alabama occupational licensing boards have had misbehavior aired publicly: The pharmacy board and the dental examiners board. This isn’t the first time occupational licensing boards have made state or national news, and it probably won’t be the last.
What’s more concerning, however, is that attempts at correcting or preventing this behavior in Alabama have ultimately failed. As occupational licensing restrictions and the bureaucracy surrounding them remain high in Alabama, residents and professionals can expect to hear about more misconduct by licensing boards.
The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released reports on both the Board of Dental Examiners and State Board of Pharmacy in August, and the results are now being discussed in hearings with the joint Sunset Committee.
Continue reading at AL.com
Noah Trudeau
Noah Trudeau, PhD, is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and lead author of the institute’s “State Occupational Licensing Index” project. He is also an assistant professor of data analytics at Troy University and a research affiliate with the Knee Regulatory Research Center at West Virginia University. Follow his work @EconTrudeau.
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