” Instead, occupational licensure protects existing practitioners and businesses from competition and unnecessarily prevents others from using their talents to make a living.”
I’m a Professional Engineer. State Engineering boards are the most shiftless, lazy group. Their sole purpose is to harvest license fees from people like me that are registered in multiple states. They don’t care about the profession, they care about bogus “continuing education” under-the-table deals and with getting paid for doing little.
I don’t have a problem with licensure requirements, you can make an argument for it for a lot reasons - some good, some spurious.
BUT....it should be accepted in any state.
To do this, state licensing boards would have to harmonize requirements and licensing (and disciplinary actions). That sounds like work, so I don’t see it happening.
Or, we could use the “Full Faith and Credit” clause in the Constitution. If you are engineer enough for one state, it should be good for all. Like marriage or driver’s license.