Photo caption: Veterinarian Dr. Lara Stooksbury is challenging some continuous work-time regulations that prevent her from practicing in Louisiana. Photo courtesy Pelican Institute.
Last year, Louisiana lawmakers approved legislation that allows “any interested person” to challenge the state’s occupational licensing restrictions.
Those restrictions are required by law “to be necessary and narrowly tailored to fulfill legitimate fiduciary, public health, safety, or welfare objectives.”
On Thursday, the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine will consider a formal petition under the new law to challenge a work time requirement they contend is “outdated, unreasonable, and discriminatory.”
Their case is the first in what’s expected to be many similar challenges from a new Right to Earn a Living Litigation Initiative launched by the Pelican Institute’s Center for Justice, an effort designed to break down unnecessary barriers to employment that have plagued the state for decades.
“Through this initiative, we will help these veterinarians get to work so they can earn a living in Louisiana, as they are entitled to do,” said James Baehr, special counsel at the Pelican Institute. “With their help, we will begin to cut through this ridiculous red tape that is tying too many hardworking hands in our state.”
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