In 49 states, it is illegal to practice medicine outside of a state in which you are certified. Tennessee is the lone state with an open market.
Jacob Grier found a news article showing how this closed-shop style of regulation puts a damper on efforts in California to provide free medical care for people who can’t afford it.
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Posted in Economics, Health Care, Regulation of the Day
Tawnya Benner, 38, would like to drive a truck for a living. She’s qualified to do it, holding a commercial class driver’s license from her home state of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, she has diabetes, so it’s illegal. There is a federal “prohibition against persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce.”
Tawnya is one of 24 people applying for an exemption from the federal ban. Let us wish them all the best of luck as they petition the government for the right to earn a living.
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Posted in Nanny State, Regulation of the Day
The ITA’s antidumping duty on pressure-sensitive plastic tape from Italy was set to expire soon. Unfortunately, ending the levy would “likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping,” so it’s here to stay.
Domestic tape producers must be pleased. Consumers, not so much.
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Posted in Economics, International, Regulation of the Day, Trade
If you’re planning on hunting migratory birds this year, be sure to read all 14 subparts and 61 sections in Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to migratory bird hunting. Lots of rules to follow.
You should also read pages 41,008-41,031 of the 2009 Federal Register for the latest changes.
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If you’re a wholesaler of crude oil or gasoline, a new FTC rule makes it illegal to engage in any business practice that “operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person”.
Not sure why that requires a brand new FTC rule. Fraud is already against the law.
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If your company makes mustard bottles that are reusable as beer mugs, you are specifically required to put a country-of-origin label on your product.
Strangely specific, that one.
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Sometimes (but not always), when a foreign producer sells goods to U.S. consumers cheaply, the U.S. government takes action to put a stop to it. Trade economists call this antidumping policy. This usually means putting tariffs on cheap goods to raise their prices. These tariffs protect consumers because competitive pricing is anti-competitive.
And no, I don’t get that logic either.
Regardless, the International Trade Agency announced this week that it is updating its antidumping rules for the following foreign products:
Certain Pasta from Italy, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway, Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico, Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan, Welded ASTM A–312 Stainless Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea, Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Japan, Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 from the People’s Republic of China, Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico, and finally, Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from India.
More to come, I’m sure.
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Want to work for the federal government? You’ll have to comply with the approximately 32,463 words worth of regulations in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs.
A list of certified testing laboratories can be found on pages 39,078-39-080 of the 2009 Federal Register.
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Posted in Nanny State, prohibition, Regulation of the Day
Beekeeping in South Dakota is illegal without a license.
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You need a license to tell fortunes in Annapolis, Maryland. You can apply for one by clicking here.
(Hat tip to Damon W. Root.)
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Inertia Wins! 