Originally Posted By: rcooke
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clawrenson wrote: |
The argument in favour of licensing always has been that it protects the public from incompetents, impostors and quacks. The main outcome of licensing, however, is simply to restrict entry and reduce competition in the licensed occupation. The issues of licensure of an occupation are very complicated and rest on two factors: 1) a person?s fundamental right to engage in his or her chosen occupation; and 2) protection of the health, welfare and safety of the public. Interestingly enough the driving force behind a legislature to take action to license an occupation is the health, welfare, and safety of the public; not protection from political differences over association politics.
Perhaps reviewing past posts on this forum, will shed other opinions that licensing is not a guaranteed slam-dunk to solve these issues you have noted. http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/viewtopic.php?t=14912&highlight=licensing |
Thanks for sending me back to those posts.
It shows me why you and CAHPI/OAHI are so against licensing.
It also shows me why the OAHI directors do not have time to look after questions from their members. They spend all their time on CHIBO11.
If what nick said earlier is true ( Figures show he is correct ) then Licensing could be the best thing for us Canadians.
Roy Sr
Posted: Aug 19, 2005 12:02 AM Post subject:
Licensing hurts the profession by roughly tripling the number of inspectors in the state where licensing is adopted. Yes, you heard right... every time a state adopts licensing the number of inspectors multiplies by 3. Licensing sets such a bare minimum standard (for example, the dumb NHIE which everyone has the answers to) that everyone can get a license... and everyone does. The new licensed list wipes out the market share of the existing inspectors who have established themselves and their reputations over the years. For example: Recently ASHI Tampa figured this out for themselves and fought licensing in FL.
Licensing helps NACHI of course for the same reason, that being that it triples the number of inspectors. Licensing also helps NACHI because it damn near destroys the do-nothing associations in competition with NACHI. ASHI for instance hangs on tooth and nail to the only benefit it offers its members... a credential. ( I might be wrong, I think ASHI offers a discount on a magazine too ) Anyway, once government takes that purpose away from the do-nothing associations and creates their own credential (a license)... only associations (like NACHI) that offer their members a gazillion other benefits that the government doesn't offer, and will never offer, (marketing and support for instance) survive. Texas, which has had licensing for years is a perfect example. In Texas every inspector's report is legislated to be nearly identical. The only thing that distinguishes one licensed inspector from another is support and marketing power... which is why all the NACHI members in Texas kick a$%.
Any of the do-nothing but offer a credential associations that argue FOR licensing and succeed… soon find themselves with 3 lone members sitting at a bar wondering what the hell went wrong.
Nick Gromicko
Founder