delicensing

Revoking official authorization

Delicensing is the removal or revocation of a license, whether professional, commercial, or regulatory.

A doctor may face delicensing for malpractice; a business may undergo delicensing for code violations.

The term also applies to policy decisions removing licensing requirements entirely: The state considered delicensing hair braiders.

regulatory

deregulation

Removing governmental business restrictions

decontrol · market opening · policy shift · industrial policy

revocation

suspension

Temporary halt or exclusion

invalidation · annulment · rescindment · disqualification · deactivation · voiding · nullification · abrogation · cessation · discontinuance

compliance

audit

Formal accounts examination

infraction · penalty · enforcement · inspection · standards · oversight · monitoring · due diligence · verification · investigation

legal

appeal

Formal review request

due process · administrative law · petition · ruling · decision · order · notice · proceedings · adjudication · rights

professional

practitioner

One who works regularly

broker · pharmacist · nurse · accountant · engineer · realtor · therapist · pilot · teacher · misconduct

Opposites
regulatory control

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Granting official permission

licensure · regulation · credentialing · accreditation · permitting

bureaucratic process direction

delicensingbureaucratization

Increasing administrative formality

licensing · licensing requirements · permit requirements · relicensing · credentialing

Family

delicense, delicensed, license, licence, licensed, licenced, licensing, licencing, licensee

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