David, are they not even accepting your CA PI license as acceptable experience?
Patrick,
It is unclear from the forms required if they will accept my CA PI experience. I've heard from other people that this has been a problem. I'll find out for myself soon…
-David
First, states can regulate many things, but they can't regulate activities which occur outside state borders.
I think that is exactly what states are asserting. Their ability to regulate the activity no matter where it occurs. So maybe more correctly they shouldn't regulate activities outside their borders.
The fact is though that eventually you would have to go to the state to testify and that is where they would most likely argue that you violated the law.
The fact is though that eventually you would have to go to the state to testify and that is where they would most likely argue that you violated the law.
Understood. But states can regulate practices, not opinions. If I do all the work in another state, and my only role in that state is to testify to my opinions regarding the work that I did, how can the state prevent me from doing that.
Suppose a patient comes to me from Iowa for medical treatment. Iowa can't accuse me of practicing without a license in Iowa if the patient received treatment in Pennsylvania. And if I have to go to Iowa to testify about my treatment they can't, at that point, accuse me of practicing without a license.
In other words, what I do may be illegal in Michigan if I do it without a license. But how can Michigan stop me from testifying to what I did?
I agree with your argument, but the difference lies between what they should do and what they will do. Probably the worst thing that happens is that the opposition tries to make some hay of you being unlicensed. I don't know of any case where criminal charges were pursued for practicing without a license.
But I'd hate to bear the expense of being the test case…….