Younggun,
IF a person wanted an ID to carry in another State, a form could be easily created that the person could request at their county tax office or the DMV (as TX ID cards are currently issued for 5.00.)
Alternatively, we could "take a page out of" some of the other southern states & have an "on request license" as AL & GA used to have. = I had a license in both States in the mid-1970s, when I was on the staff at USAIS, & probably spent at least 15 minutes in a local police station in each State (Columbus, GA & Phenix City, AL) to get my licenses. = Photographed, thumbprint taken, license filled out by the desk clerk, laminated & quickly out the door with license in hand.
(AL charged, I think I remember, 10.oo & GA was 5.oo at that time.)
yours, satx
And we would lose reciprocity with how many states?
Sorry, but that's pretty important to some people.
Mreed911,
VERY TRUE. = ImVho, "the full faith & credit provisions" of the US Constitution ALREADY cover us with nothing more than a simple reading of those provisions, just as other States MUST recognize Texas marriages/driver's licenses, if those licenses are valid in TX
A full-on 2A ruling a la Heller that applied across the board would solve that.
I only disagree a little and I'm not solid on where I stand here, but would that mean a plumber's license, electrician's license, etc. should be valid across state lines, too? At what point do states have rights to set their own standards and enforce their own laws?
Honest question, not poking the bear.
Interesting point.
Medical practitioners licences are *generally* applicable across state lines, even though one *generally* needs to have a license for the state they are practicing in. The basic standard of care doesn't vary from state to state.
If it doesn't _matter_ in this instance, which clearly involves life and death issues, why not the same for CHL/CCW etc?
Mreed911, et. al.,
ONE group of NON-LE folks can already travel to all 50 States ARMED & to most other nations, too. = REGISTERED DIAMOND MERCHANTS, who have a DeBeers "ID card".
(I have a friend from Dallas who is a diamond/precious gems/gold dealer, who is allowed to travel essentially everywhere armed. ="Rob" travels to NYC, CA & other "ANTI-gun States" routinely, as well as to the UK, Israel, etc.)
This is relative. I'm a Licensed Paramedic by the State of Texas (don't get me started on a certificate called a license vs. an actual license) but I'm not certified by the National Registry of EMT's as a Nationally Registered Paramedic (I've been a medic long enough I'm grandfathered at the state level and we ceded our state-local testing out to NR, accepting their testing for new medics several years ago). My Texas license does me no good in any other state. Were I National Registry certified, I'd still have to be licensed or certified by any other state, depending on their laws.
Nurses have somewhat more 'portability,' doctors even moreso. It's really across the board, no pun intended.
Nurse Practitioner here (and former EMT-B). I get it. In reality, it's silly at best.
Here, I'm allowed to do some VERY advanced things that folks in other cities in Texas and other states can only dream of.
mreed practices under the direct supervision of his service's Medical Director. As such, that Director--who is always a pretty heavyweight Emergency Medicine Physician--can establish whatever protocols he/she desires. That includes permitting invasive techniques outside the hospital setting and also certain meds and treatments--also outside the hospital setting. Each EMS service operates in that manner, but not always with the same permissions.OK. I'll bite. - WHY can you do in Austin more advanced things that other paramedics in TX can "only dream about"??? - Aren't all paramedics in TX under the same licensing agency?
yours, satx
OK. I'll bite. - WHY can you do in Austin more advanced things that other paramedics in TX can "only dream about"??? - Aren't all paramedics in TX under the same licensing agency?