Comment by terminalshort

14 hours ago

Please show me the blood that zoning regulations are written in

This a joke? Without it you can put dangerous industry next to residents. Texas fertilizer explosion, Bhopal gas leak, etc.

The context is medical regulations.

  • What blood is the regulation that doctors can't see patients in other states written in?

    • There's no specific regulation that doctors can't see patients in other states. Each state simply operates their own medical licensing system. You could imagine a system that works differently, but getting there would require creating new rules and resolving new conflicts, not just removing some rule that exists today.

      For example, there's a certain category of hot-button procedures that California believes are medically necessary but Texas will revoke your license for performing. To set up a shared licensing board you'd have to somehow find an acceptable compromise.

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