licensure
noun
li·cen·sure
ˈlī-sᵊn-shər 
-ˌshu̇r
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In one respect, however, liquor laws and licensure, our state is falling far behind — and Senate Bill 33 is a prime example.
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Jeff Keener, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
The bill also establishes that physicians can be sued and lose their licensure for providing treatments that have been deemed safe and effective by every major U.S. medical organization, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025
More than half of states and hundreds of individual hospitals have now changed their licensure requirements to remove questions that ask whether a doctor has received mental health treatment or diagnoses.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
Understanding from years of data that students are unable to pass or do well on licensure admissions tests without access to quality prep programs, Adams said Kaplan also began hearing from long-term university partners that some students were being left behind because of this opportunity gap.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jeff Keener, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
The bill also establishes that physicians can be sued and lose their licensure for providing treatments that have been deemed safe and effective by every major U.S. medical organization, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2025
More than half of states and hundreds of individual hospitals have now changed their licensure requirements to remove questions that ask whether a doctor has received mental health treatment or diagnoses.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Mar. 2025
Understanding from years of data that students are unable to pass or do well on licensure admissions tests without access to quality prep programs, Adams said Kaplan also began hearing from long-term university partners that some students were being left behind because of this opportunity gap.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Licensure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/licensure. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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licensure
noun
li·cen·sure
ˈlīs-ᵊn-shər, -ˌshu̇r
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2
: approval of a drug or medical procedure by official or legal authority for use in the practice of medicine
the licensure was based on the results of randomized clinical trials of the vaccine's protective efficacy—E. D. Shapiro et al.
E. D. Shapiro et al.Legal Definition
licensure
noun
li·cen·sure
ˈlīs-ᵊn-shər, -ˌshu̇r
: the granting of licenses especially to practice a profession
also
: the state of being licensed
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