This seminar examines how law constructs and polices the authority to practice medicine. It begins with a brief history of professional control over the practice of medicine then turns to the respective roles of state and federal government in regulating the healthcare profession and the conflicts that arise between them, incorporating the influence non-state actors such as medical associations. The seminar addresses the state’s power to govern licensure, scope of practice, medical education, professional discipline, among other issues. It references the regulation of telehealth as a recurring example through which to understand the seminar’s broader themes.
Rebouche, Rachel