I have always wondered this
2006-11-27 07:01:05 · 11 answers · asked by Jessica 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
To insure that applicants are proficient at a service that could cost a patient or client their life,freedom or livelihood!!
2006-11-27 07:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect the patients and consumers they serve. Would you want an unauthorized doctor cutting you open? The state mandates that people in these fields must meet certain standards set by the state/federal government. This protects us as consumers by making sure lawyers are actually lawyers an d doctors are doctors, not just some guys off the street pretending they know what they are doing.
2006-11-27 07:07:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Licensing is a way of ensuring that lawyers are accountable. It makes them accountable for knowing AND maintaining a standard level of services. It's a legitmacy issue too. Government, better courts, are a vital component in upholding basic constitutional rights in America. Otherwise, you have chaos--which makes us uncivilized.
2006-11-27 07:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Walter R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason people get Drivers' Licenses and Teaching Certificates. So they know how...
The real question is why Doctors and Lawyers "practice" their occupations.
2006-11-27 07:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by espana_chica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GEE probably so when you go have a breast implant you dont come out with one nipple!...except unfortunately some doctors still manage to f*ck people up
2006-11-27 07:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by ELIZY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because someone that doesn't know what they are doing as either can make a bad situation totally uncorrectible, and a layperson has no real way to tell who knows what they are doing and who doesn't.
2006-11-27 07:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would YOU want to put your fate in the hands of someone who might be incompetent? This provides some assurance that they know what they're doing.
2006-11-27 07:02:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding??? It's how we know that they're QUALIFIED. Anyone could just say they are a doctor otherwise and cut you open!
2006-11-27 07:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to make sure that they at least have a passing knowledge of what they are treating. that they really went to med school
2006-11-27 07:09:25 · answer #9 · answered by seanamhair_nathair_sgiathach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you want the local butcher taking out your appendix?
2006-11-27 07:05:16 · answer #10 · answered by gntolng 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋