define licensure
Licensure means a restricted practice or a restriction on the use of an occupational title, requiring a license. A license created under a practice act requires a license before performing a certain activity, such as driving a car on public roads. A license created under a title act restricts the use of a given occupational title to licensees, but anyone can perform the activity itself under a less restricted title. For example, in Oregon, anyone can practice counseling, but only licensees c