Chiles v. Salazar · ¶153

Today, every State has a medical-licensing scheme. See App. to Brief for Health Law Scholars as Amici Curiae. In practice, medical licensing serves two functions, both essential to patient safety. First, as the majority emphasizes, licensing sets limits on who may practice medicine. See P. Larkin, M. Fishpaw, & L. McCarthy, Telemedicine and Occupational Licensing, 73 Admin. L. Rev. 747, 774 (2021); ante, at 652. But the second function is more important for this case: State licensing laws also regulate how those professionals may practice, by requiring them to adhere to a standard of care. See Brief for Respondents 27; see also App. to id., at 1a–8a (listing state laws that require medical and mental health professionals to be licensed and to comply with professional standards).

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