The Collaborative International Dictionary
Licensure \Li"cen*sure\ (l[imac]"sen*sh[-u]r; 135), n. A licensing. [R.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1808, from license + -ure.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of conferring a license for an activity 2 The condition of being licensed
Wikipedia
Licensure means a restricted practice or a restriction on the use of an occupational title, requiring a license. A license created under a "practice act" requires a license before performing a certain activity, such as driving a car on public roads. A license created under a "title act" restricts the use of a given occupational title to licensees, but anyone can perform the activity itself under a less restricted title. For example, in Oregon, anyone can practice counseling, but only licensees can call themselves a "Licensed Professional Counselors."
Licenses are usually justified to regulate an activity whose incompetent execution would be threat to the public, such as surgery. For some occupations and professions, licensing is often granted through a professional body or a licensing board composed of practitioners who oversee the applications for licenses. This often involves accredited training and examinations, but varies a great deal for different activities and in different countries. Practicing without a license may carry civil or criminal penalties or may be perfectly legal.
Occupational licensing is inherently a form of restraint of trade. This can cause conflict with laws forbidding monopolistic practices if the licensing body favors its own licensees in ways that do not clearly protect the public. In the United States, state licensing boards have been successfully prosecuted by the Federal Trade Commission for monopolistic activities.
Usage examples of "licensure".
For now, I think it is enough to just acknowledge the licensure issue and then move on to more pressing matters.
The highly contentious debate within nursing about entry into practice education and licensure had raged for nearly a century in the U.
I shall be sending them here, where you can arrange for the transfer of skills registration and the appropriate civilian licensure into specialties .
I did my dissertation research during the first two years, combined my psych internship with my psychiatric residency, and ended up with licensure in both fields.
State Board of Behavioral Science examiners, because state licensure is involved.
He also had never been caught getting his deer, pig, or whatever, despite having never gone through the formality of licensure or worrying about a potential meal being in season or not.
I cannot go into the question of what would happen if all forms of professional licensure, including licensure of physicians, were abolished, as I think they ought to be.
Of course I have to pass licensure boards in the United States, but then I plan to find work.
Registration, licensure, preliminary education, adequate professional studies, clinical experience under expert guidance, even special training for surgical work, all came in connection with this great medical school.
An identical measure of final examination with state certification and state licensure is required.
Before licensure, naturopathic physicians must complete at least 4,000 hours of study in specified subject areas and then pass a series of rigorous professional board exams.
Before licensure, naturopathic physicians must complete at least 4,000 hours of study in specified subject areas and then pass a series of rigorous professional board exams.