Contents
- State Licensure Handbook
- Rationale for State Licensure
- The Potential Downside of Licensing O&P Professionals
- Getting Started
- Writing a Bill
- Generate Support
- Know and Deal with the Potential Opposition
- Passing a Bill
- How to Lobby Your Legislator
- The Regulatory Process
- A Never Ending Story
- Now That You Know How, Get Started Today
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ABC State Licensure Handbook
January 2015
A Never Ending Story
So you’ve achieved a law and regulations that fulfill your vision. NOW you’re done, right? Wrong. You will need to be ever vigilant to see that no one exempts himself or herself from the law, that no one takes the teeth out of the law and to generally improve the law as time goes by. Once you have achieved licensure, you must remain active in it.
To the extent that there is professional representation on the regulatory board with jurisdiction over the regulatory agency, that representation must be used to maximum effect. To the extent that enforcement hinges on licensed providers reporting non-compliers, the profession must take responsibility for policing itself.
