Browsing: Licensing and Regulation

Lawmakers should streamline regulations so more people can work

For more than a year, bureaucratic delays and hurdles imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) deprived Meggan Thompson of a job and an income, and deprived Wisconsinites with debilitating mental health issues of the help she could have long ago provided.

Occupational licensing regulations can undermine public health in the name of protecting it

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testified in favor of 2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations on February 18, 2020

2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 would positively impact and streamline the state’s licensing process.

Senate committee passes two licensing reform bills

Public members discuss how they view their role on boards

Decisions from licensing boards are oftentimes arbitrary and unfair

Bill allows for optional registration for in-state insurance adjusters

Wisconsin should join states that have enacted sunrise laws as an alternative to new licenses that fence out workers and don’t protect the public

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

Gov. Evers vetoes bill that would’ve helped aspiring certified nursing aides and eased shortage in Wisconsin

1.2 million Wisconsinites live in dental care shortage areas. Children, seniors, veterans & the disabled are most likely to lack access to oral care. Here’s a successful effort to provide dental care to underserved populations without relying on taxpayers.

Creating a license for public insurance adjusters is not necessary in Wisconsin

I couldn’t tell the difference from a regular dentist,’ says satisfied patient 

Minnesota dentists now see, and get, value from dental therapists, who’ve been practicing in that state for a decade

Through an interpreter, dental therapist Katy Leiviska explains to Sana Tamang how her 4-year-old son, Ryan, would benefit from the application of dental sealants.

Dental therapists in Minnesota help more low-income kids and adults get the oral care they need

Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation

Expanding access: A decade of dental therapists in Minnesota

University of Minnesota Ph.D. candidate Jason Hicks testifies in favor of 2019 SB 89 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on August 21, 2019

2019 SB 89 would provide for the licensure of dental therapists, who are health care practitioners who may engage in the limited practice of dentistry.