Licensing health professionals: quality, competitive health care.
In licensing health professionals, states need to protect the public from unqualified practitioners without limiting price competition or consumer freedom. Attorneys general play a vital role in regulating professions and in protecting consumer interests in health care.
D003254:Consumer Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004465:Economic Competition; D006076:Government; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008004:Licensure; D008404:Massachusetts; D013219:State Government